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New Caledonia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for New Caledonia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
11.17%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -38.3% since 1991
Unemployment for New Caledonia was 11.17% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 18.88% in 1994. The lowest was 10.71% in 2022 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.41% per year.
New Caledonia ranks 32 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 17%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.05%, so New Caledonia sits above it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 41% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 18%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
11.17%
First (1991)
18.12%
Change
-38.3%
Highest
18.88%
in 1994
Lowest
10.71%
in 2022
Average
15.05%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.41%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.17% |
| 2024 | 10.99% |
| 2023 | 10.92% |
| 2022 | 10.71% |
| 2021 | 11.57% |
| 2020 | 13.56% |
| 2019 | 10.88% |
| 2018 | 11.7% |
| 2017 | 11.68% |
| 2016 | 12.68% |
| 2015 | 13.62% |
| 2014 | 14.59% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.