New Caledonia
Everything Palanor holds about New Caledonia, in one place: 14 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
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The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $8.55 billion (2024); 50th percentile since 1990; lowest since 2006; 1y −12.5%.
- Household consumption, share of GDP: 65.7% of GDP (2024); 77th percentile since 1990; highest since 2016; 1y +3.77 pts.
- Net exports, share of GDP: -17% of GDP (2024); 73rd percentile since 1990; highest since 2017; 1y +0.78 pts.
Country Posture
What New Caledonia’s economy is doing
Momentum
2024Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | -13.5 |
| Growth against its three-year average | -14.9 |
| Change in unemployment | 0.1 |
| Change in the employment rate | -0.4 |
| Export volume growth | -33.9 |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
2025Withheld: 1 of 5 core inputs reported for 2025.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue | — |
| Budget balance | — |
| Reserves, months of imports | — |
| Current account | — |
| Governance (WGI mean) | 0.19 |
| External debt | — |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | — |
| Change in inflation | — |
| Currency move against the dollar | -4.1% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 0.0 |
| Political stability | 0.29 |
| Private credit, three-year change | — |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
GDP by expenditure
What New Caledonia’s economy runs on
In 2024, household spending was 65.7% of GDP, government consumption —%, investment 22.1% and net exports -17.0% (exports 11.7%, imports 28.7%).
World Bank national accounts. The parts can miss 100 by a few points (the statistical discrepancy).
Same World Bank definition for every country, so the shares compare directly: What each economy runs on.
Company graph
Companies headquartered in New Caledonia
Palanor’s company graph holds 1 entities headquartered here (GLEIF headquarters address, else legal address).
Signals
Every series about New Caledonia
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 14 in the Library.
Growth and output1
- New Caledonia · GDP · USD bn (current)50th percentile since 1990; lowest since 2006; 1y −12.5%$8.55bn2024
Energy and resources3
- Nickel Mine Production Share: New Caledonia17th percentile since 2017; 1y +0.463 pts3.59%2025
- Nickel Mine Production: New Caledonia17th percentile since 2017; 1y +20.7%140,0002025
- Nickel Reserves: New Caledonia1y unchanged7,100,0002025
Peers
Elsewhere in Oceania
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