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New Caledonia — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for New Caledonia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
56.42%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -12.7% since 1990
Labor participation for New Caledonia was 56.42% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 65.51% in 1997. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.39% per year.
New Caledonia ranks 131 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 70%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so New Caledonia sits below it. It peaked in 1997 and has fallen 14% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
56.42%
First (1990)
64.65%
Change
-12.7%
Highest
65.51%
in 1997
Lowest
56.42%
in 2025
Average
62.91%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.39%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.42% |
| 2024 | 56.88% |
| 2023 | 57.25% |
| 2022 | 57.59% |
| 2021 | 57.37% |
| 2020 | 57.68% |
| 2019 | 57.65% |
| 2018 | 58.94% |
| 2017 | 60.21% |
| 2016 | 61.45% |
| 2015 | 62.69% |
| 2014 | 63.9% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.