Country profile · East Asia & Pacific · HIC
🇳🇨 New Caledonia
High income. Capital Noum'ea. Upper-third GDP/cap (HIC · PEAK) with 24 official series - peers and ranks below.
- 292.6K
- Population
- $8.5 billion
- GDP
- $29,213
- GDP / capita
- 78.9 years
- Life expectancy
Upper-third GDP/cap · PEAK
New Caledonia ranks 160th of 217 by total GDP and 60th for life expectancy - a high income economy in East Asia & Pacific.
- #160
- World GDP rank (of 217)
- $29,213
- GDP per capita
- #60
- Life-expectancy rank
- #178
- Population rank
New Caledonia clears the upper third of the GDP/cap roster (#58 of 214) under HIC with a PEAK life-expectancy stamp.
New Caledonia vs all countries by total GDP
Where this economy's World Bank total GDP sits among every country with a positive observation (inventory signal, not a virtue ranking)
$8,548,919,387 160th of 214 higher than 54 of 214 countries
Countries banded by World Bank total GDP (current US$)
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Source World Bank, GDP (current US$) · 2026-08-14
New Caledonia on the global income map
New Caledonia (NCL) sits in the upper GDP/cap third - plotted with largest peers on GDP per capita × life expectancy (PEAK).
- New Caledonia: GDP per capita $29,213 (2024), life expectancy 78.9 years (2024), high income.
- India: GDP per capita $2,695 (2024), life expectancy 72.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- China: GDP per capita $13,303 (2024), life expectancy 78.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United States: GDP per capita $84,534 (2024), life expectancy 78.9 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Indonesia: GDP per capita $4,925 (2024), life expectancy 71.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Pakistan: GDP per capita $1,479 (2024), life expectancy 67.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Nigeria: GDP per capita $1,084 (2024), life expectancy 54.6 years (2024), low income.
- Brazil: GDP per capita $10,311 (2024), life expectancy 76.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Bangladesh: GDP per capita $2,593 (2024), life expectancy 74.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Russian Federation: GDP per capita $14,889 (2024), life expectancy 73.4 years (2024), high income.
- Ethiopia: GDP per capita $1,134 (2024), life expectancy 67.6 years (2024), low income.
- Mexico: GDP per capita $14,186 (2024), life expectancy 75.3 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Japan: GDP per capita $32,487 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Egypt, Arab Rep.: GDP per capita $3,338 (2024), life expectancy 71.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Philippines: GDP per capita $3,985 (2024), life expectancy 69.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Congo, Dem. Rep.: GDP per capita $693 (2024), life expectancy 62.1 years (2024), low income.
- Viet Nam: GDP per capita $4,717 (2024), life expectancy 74.7 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Iran, Islamic Rep.: GDP per capita $5,190 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Turkiye: GDP per capita $15,893 (2024), life expectancy 77.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Germany: GDP per capita $56,104 (2024), life expectancy 80.8 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Thailand: GDP per capita $7,387 (2024), life expectancy 76.6 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United Kingdom: GDP per capita $53,246 (2024), life expectancy 81.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Tanzania: GDP per capita $1,193 (2024), life expectancy 67.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- France: GDP per capita $46,103 (2024), life expectancy 83.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- South Africa: GDP per capita $6,267 (2024), life expectancy 66.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Italy: GDP per capita $40,385 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Kenya: GDP per capita $2,133 (2024), life expectancy 63.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Myanmar: GDP per capita $1,359 (2024), life expectancy 67.1 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Colombia: GDP per capita $7,951 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income, OECD member.
- Korea, Rep.: GDP per capita $36,239 (2024), life expectancy 83.6 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Sudan: GDP per capita $985 (2024), life expectancy 66.5 years (2024), low income.
Overview
New Caledonia has a population of 292.6K, making it the 178th-most populous country out of 217 tracked in East Asia & Pacific.
Its economy totals $8.5 billion - ranked 160th globally by total GDP. GDP per capita stands at $29,213, placing it in the High income category.
Life expectancy at birth is 78.9 years (ranked 60th globally), reflecting overall health outcomes as measured by the World Bank.
The capital is Noum'ea.
👥 Demographics
💰 Economy
🏥 Health
🌍 Environment
🏗️ Infrastructure
⚖️ Social
🌐 Livability Score
One composite verdict from 4 of 5 World Bank series (life expectancy, under-5 mortality, electricity access, clean-water access, homicide rate), each benchmarked against every country tracking that series. A missing series never silently drags the score down: its weight redistributes across the series New Caledonia does report.
All indicators for New Caledonia
24 latest observations from World Bank WDI, WHO GHO, and ILO ILOSTAT (vintage through 2026-08-14). Values match the topic cards above; this table is the machine-readable export view analysts expect on a country profile.
| Topic | Indicator | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | Population | 292.6K | 2024 |
| Demographics | Population Ages 0-14 | 21.3% | 2024 |
| Demographics | Population Ages 65+ | 11.4% | 2024 |
| Demographics | Population Density | 15.9/km² | 2023 |
| Demographics | Urban Population | 68.0% | 2024 |
| Economy | Foreign Direct Investment | $725.8 million | 2024 |
| Economy | GDP (Current USD) | $8.5 billion | 2024 |
| Economy | GDP Growth Rate | -13.5% | 2024 |
| Economy | GDP Per Capita (Current USD) | $29,213.192 | 2024 |
| Economy | Inflation (Consumer Prices) | 0.6% | 2016 |
| Economy | Trade (% of GDP) | 40.4% | 2024 |
| Economy | Unemployment Rate | 11.0% | 2024 |
| Health | Life Expectancy at Birth | 78.9 years | 2024 |
| Environment | CO2 Emissions Per Capita | 17.1 | 2024 |
| Environment | Forest Area | 45.8 | 2023 |
| Environment | Renewable Energy Consumption | 9.6% | 2022 |
| Infrastructure | Access to Clean Water | 96.9% | 2024 |
| Infrastructure | Access to Electricity | 100.0% | 2023 |
| Infrastructure | Internet Users | 82.0% | 2017 |
| Infrastructure | Mobile Subscriptions | 91.7 | 2022 |
| Social | Female Labor Participation | 51.6 | 2024 |
| Social | Intentional Homicides | 3.1 | 2009 |
| Social | Male Labor Participation | 62.4 | 2024 |
| Social | Net Migration | 455 | 2024 |
🫀 Disease Burden
New Caledonia's WHO GHO strip is NCD-led; cause cards below keep only the highest-rate cells so the roster is not a copy of every other profile.
Sources: WHO Global Health Observatory. NCD mortality rate: latest available. Rates are age-standardized per 100,000 population. Premature NCD risk covers cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.
Compare New Caledonia with near GDP/cap peers
Side-by-side pages for the closest ABS GDP/cap neighbours - not a full-roster dropdown.
Read with New Caledonia
Nearest GDP/cap peers and LE poles for New Caledonia (HIC · PEAK), replacing the old fixed guide and region clone strip.
HIC PEAK
Portugal · HIC
Portugal GDP/cap $29,328 is higher by $115 than New Caledonia; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
Lithuania · HIC
Lithuania GDP/cap $29,604 is higher by $391 than New Caledonia; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
Guyana · HIC
Guyana GDP/cap $29,675 is higher by $462 than New Caledonia; LE stamp LONG vs PEAK.
Bahrain · HIC
Bahrain GDP/cap $29,717 is higher by $504 than New Caledonia; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
East Asia & Pacific WDI roster
New Caledonia stamps HIC · PEAK inside East Asia & Pacific - open the region roster after the ABS peers.
GDP/cap leaderboard (#58)
New Caledonia ranks #58 of 214 on NY.GDP.PCAP.CD under the HIC Atlas band.
What the data says about New Caledonia
New Caledonia sits in the high-income bracket but outside the OECD's harmonized reporting network, so its statistics come straight from the World Bank, WHO, and ILO source series rather than a jointly reconciled OECD dataset - still official, but with less cross-checking between agencies than an OECD member gets. Because output and income figures are converted at market exchange rates into current dollars, they can swing with currency movements independent of any real change in living standards, and for a small economy like this one that swing shows up more visibly in the headline numbers than it would for a larger country. The fuller picture comes from comparing New Caledonia against income-tier peers of a similar size.
New Caledonia clears the upper third of the GDP/cap roster (#58 of 214) under HIC with a PEAK life-expectancy stamp.
In East Asia & Pacific, New Caledonia's 292.6K residents produce $8.5 billion of GDP (160th worldwide) at $29,213 per person. Life expectancy 78.9 years (60th) stamps PEAK. The 24-series panel below is the working surface - not a restated national brochure.
Nearest ABS GDP/cap peer: Portugal at $29,328 (Δ $115). Open that profile or the GDP/cap leaderboard before treating any single year as destiny.
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Figures above are sourced from World Bank, WHO, and ILO (OECD where applicable) as cited below; always verify against the primary source before citing a specific number.
Source: World Bank Open Data, Source: WHO Global Health Observatory, Source: ILO ILOSTAT. World Bank and ILO data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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