New Caledonia — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for New Caledonia, 1965–2024.
GDP for New Caledonia was 8.55 billion in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 60 years, from 1965 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 10.64 billion in 2014. The lowest was 159.59 million in 1965 (about 53.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.98% per year.
New Caledonia ranks 160 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 75%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so New Caledonia sits below it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 20% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 20%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 20 of 36 economies; Guam (6.91 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 41% in 1986. That is 10% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1965 level: doubled by 1970; grown tenfold by 1988. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 103rd of 121 in 1965 → 99th of 146 in 1970 → 116th of 163 in 1980 → 135th of 192 in 1990 → 138th of 204 in 2000 → 139th of 212 in 2010 → 147th of 210 in 2020 → 155th of 200 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1965 to 2024
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8,548,919,387.13 | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 9,769,167,530.36 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 9,623,318,718.31 | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 10,071,349,663.85 | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 9,454,629,467.91 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 9,475,655,324.59 | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 9,896,402,283.69 | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 9,174,048,681.99 | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 8,724,568,954.9 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 8,738,203,074.4 | -17.8% |
| 2014 | 10,635,035,594.75 | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 10,151,382,933.16 | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 9,659,151,917.4 | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 10,351,448,004.77 | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 9,364,350,076.91 | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 8,704,438,102.2 | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 9,067,619,760.07 | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 8,819,917,180.34 | +26.4% |
| 2006 | 6,979,155,387.87 | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 6,238,629,487.01 | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 5,895,008,977.95 | +19.9% |
| 2003 | 4,915,353,827.11 | +31.4% |
| 2002 | 3,740,056,747.72 | +13.4% |
| 2001 | 3,297,734,891.15 | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 3,420,032,041.07 | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 3,647,802,049.81 | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 3,556,304,832.68 | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 3,291,131,281.04 | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 3,606,968,436 | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 3,628,440,505.14 | +19.4% |
| 1994 | 3,038,728,384.87 | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 2,822,243,780.98 | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 2,923,883,281.09 | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 2,653,780,672.1 | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 2,529,440,424.17 | +15.8% |
| 1989 | 2,185,082,938.93 | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 2,072,775,508.15 | +39.3% |
| 1987 | 1,488,093,101.5 | +23.9% |
| 1986 | 1,201,321,513.77 | +40.5% |
| 1985 | 854,820,893.58 | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 796,066,194.74 | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 823,857,893.16 | -8.9% |
| 1982 | 904,599,869.73 | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 972,564,154.82 | -17.8% |
| 1980 | 1,182,463,951.22 | +12.9% |
| 1979 | 1,047,225,723.57 | +23.8% |
| 1978 | 846,004,687.76 | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 837,620,126.56 | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 798,313,521.69 | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 816,652,164.4 | +28.1% |
| 1974 | 637,403,478.49 | +17.5% |
| 1973 | 542,293,399.86 | +7.0% |
| 1972 | 506,808,996.69 | +22.4% |
| 1971 | 413,985,778.59 | +15.4% |
| 1970 | 358,815,684.07 | +36.4% |
| 1969 | 263,108,841.34 | +22.1% |
| 1968 | 215,507,162.57 | +19.7% |
| 1967 | 180,036,767.65 | +9.6% |
| 1966 | 164,206,536.45 | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 159,594,492.46 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was New Caledonia’s GDP in 1966?
164,206,536.45 (1966). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are New Caledonia’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1965 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +5256.7% in total — about 7.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 8,548,919,387.13; 2023: 9,769,167,530.36; 2022: 9,623,318,718.31; 2021: 10,071,349,663.85; 2020: 9,454,629,467.91. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.