New Caledonia — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for New Caledonia, 1965–2024.
GDP per capita for New Caledonia was 29,213 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 60 years, from 1965 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 38,836 in 2011. The lowest was 1,713 in 1965 (about 17.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.92% per year.
New Caledonia ranks 58 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 27%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so New Caledonia sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 25% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 23%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 10 of 36 economies; Northern Mariana Islands (23,786) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 38% in 1986. That is 12% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1965 level: doubled by 1971; grown tenfold by 1995. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 21st of 121 in 1965 → 14th of 146 in 1970 → 33rd of 163 in 1980 → 29th of 192 in 1990 → 41st of 204 in 2000 → 36th of 212 in 2010 → 39th of 210 in 2020 → 52nd of 200 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1965 to 2024
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29,213.19 | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 33,701.89 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 33,516.36 | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 35,311.55 | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 33,270.33 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 33,411.34 | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 34,902.9 | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 32,354.71 | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 30,782.85 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 30,858.72 | -18.4% |
| 2014 | 37,816.96 | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 36,671.16 | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 35,559.57 | -8.4% |
| 2011 | 38,835.94 | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 35,798.91 | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 33,836.49 | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 35,723.9 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 35,177.65 | +24.8% |
| 2006 | 28,193.25 | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 25,528.29 | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 24,475.65 | +17.9% |
| 2003 | 20,768.11 | +29.0% |
| 2002 | 16,104.55 | +11.2% |
| 2001 | 14,482.36 | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 15,329.73 | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 16,692.68 | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 16,614.6 | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 15,704.96 | -10.7% |
| 1996 | 17,592.05 | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 18,107.89 | +16.6% |
| 1994 | 15,534.31 | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 14,787.22 | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 15,713.72 | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 14,642.52 | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 14,334.68 | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 12,701.83 | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 12,301.19 | +36.9% |
| 1987 | 8,983.36 | +21.8% |
| 1986 | 7,374.69 | +38.2% |
| 1985 | 5,334.83 | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 5,051.73 | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 5,315.11 | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 5,912.38 | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 6,422.07 | -18.6% |
| 1980 | 7,892.72 | +11.6% |
| 1979 | 7,069.54 | +22.3% |
| 1978 | 5,779.04 | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 5,792.71 | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 5,618.33 | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 5,940.93 | +22.5% |
| 1974 | 4,848.94 | +12.3% |
| 1973 | 4,318.14 | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 4,225.84 | +16.9% |
| 1971 | 3,615.15 | +10.2% |
| 1970 | 3,281.71 | +30.8% |
| 1969 | 2,509.41 | +18.1% |
| 1968 | 2,124.46 | +16.3% |
| 1967 | 1,826.17 | +6.6% |
| 1966 | 1,713.7 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,713.14 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was New Caledonia’s GDP per capita in 1966?
1,713.7 (1966). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are New Caledonia’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is New Caledonia’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1965 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +1605.2% in total — about 4.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 29,213.19; 2023: 33,701.89; 2022: 33,516.36; 2021: 35,311.55; 2020: 33,270.33. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.