International Rankings of New Caledonia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of New Caledonia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of New Caledonia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	148	N/A	2021
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	198	N/A	2021
Internet users - percent of population	48	82.01 %	2018
Internet users - total	168	231887	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	28.67	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	139	82111	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	142	96.02	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	176	275002	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	151	1.993 billion US Dollars	2015
Budget - revenues	143	1.995 billion US Dollars	2015
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	30	0 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	147	9.770 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	151	18.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	32	24 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	91	64.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	91	45.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	12	38.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	137	1.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	84	26.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	47	72.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	53	3.5 %	2017
Labor force	175	119500 US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	127	2.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	53	22.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	32	74.9 %	2010
Population below poverty line	105	17	2008
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	157	11.110 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP per capita	198	N/A US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	118	20.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	126	6.165 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	138	2.739 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	12	87	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	61	8	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	35	6	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	128	996200 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	130	2.945 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	121	20000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	124	19100 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	186	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2021
Land use - agricultural land	165	10.4	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	53	45.9	2018
Land use - other	51	43.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	108	9.8	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	96	N/A % of GDP	2021
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A	2021
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	76	1.72	2025
Urbanization - urban population	68	71.9	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	154	18275 sq km	0
Area - total	154	18575 sq km	0
Area - water	96	300155 sq km	0
Coastline	56	2254 km	0
Elevation - highest point	107	1628 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	129	100 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	165	10.4	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	53	45.9	2018
Land use - other	51	43.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	108	9.8	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	N/A	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	98	15.63 %	2163
Age structure - 25-54 years	40	43.73 %	2856
Age structure - 55-64 years	104	9.06 %	3568
Birth rate	118	14.28 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	144	5.84 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	65	14.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	87	7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	122	46.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	105	32.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	171	4.05 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	162	6.07 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	167	5.08 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	37	82.71 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	71	74.66 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	56	78.59 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	74	33.7 years	2020
Median age - male	69	32.1 years	0
Median age - total	69	32.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	30	3.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	144	N/A %	2021
Physicians density	71	2.22 physicians/1,000 population	2009
Population	177	293608	2021
Population growth rate	74	1.22 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	23	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	97	1.87 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	19	40	2014
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	10	37.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	10	38.4	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	76	1.72	2025
Urbanization - urban population	68	71.9	2021
Transportation
Airports	99	25	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	34	10	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	66	12	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	84	13	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	59	8	2013
Heliports	18	8	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	87	15	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	0
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding New Caledonia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Caledonia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Caledonia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.