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General Information

Region		Melanesia
Population (000, 2025)		295^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		16.2^a,b
Capital city		Nouméa
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		197.8^e
Surface area (km2)		19 100^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		97.4^a,b
National currency		CFP Franc (XPF)^d
Exchange rate (per US$)		114.9^f

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	8 738	9 455	10 140^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	0.8	-2.4	-0.4^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	30 859.0	33 270.0	34 981.0^c
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	2.1	2.2	2.1^c
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	24	23	22.9^c
Economy: Services and other activity^g (% of GVA)	73.9	74.9	74.9^c
Employment in agriculture^h (% of employed)	1.6	1.9	1.8^c
Employment in industry^h (% of employed)	25.7	22	22.3^c
Employment in services^h (% employed)	72.7	76.1	75.9^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	13.6^h	13.6	11^h
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	57.8 / 67.7^h	53.4 / 62.1	51.4 / 61.6^h
CPI: Consumer Price Indexⁱ (2010=100)	106	110	117^f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	111	102	95^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 239	1 709^h	1 372^h,f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 529	2 352^h	1 740^h,f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 291	-642^h	-368^h,f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 119	-654^j	...

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^a (average annual %)	0.1	0.3	0.9^b
Urban population (% of total population)	69.4	71.1^k	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.1^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total^a (live births per woman)	2.1	2	1.9^b
Life expectancy at birth^a (females/males, years)	80.2 / 74.4	79.5 / 74.7	81.5 / 76.6^b
Population age distribution^a,m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	24.2 / 12.6	22.3 / 14.7	21.1 / 16.9^b
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	68.9 / 24.3	73.1 / 25.7	76.7 / 26.2^f
Under five mortality rate^a (per 1000 live births)	14.2	12.6	10.3^b

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^h (per 100 inhabitants)	74	82ⁿ	...
Threatened species (number)	493	759	1 125^f
Forested area (% of land area)	45.9^h	45.8^h	45.8^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	4.4 / 15.4	4.5 / 16.0	4.4 / 15.5^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	2	2	3^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	217	220	222^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^p (000)	114	31	79^o
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	39.1	43.6	43.6^f

Footnotes

a		For statistical purposes, the data for France do not include this area.
b		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
c		2023
d		Communauté financière du Pacifique (CFP) Franc.
e		2018
f		2024
g		Inc. restaurants and hotels.
h		Estimate.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
j		2016
k		2019
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		2017
o		2022
p		Including nationals residing abroad.