Economy - overview:
New Caledonia has about 25% of the world's known nickel reserves. Only a small amount of the land is suitable for cultivation, and food accounts for about 20% of imports. In addition to nickel, substantial financial support from France - equal to more than 15% of GDP - and tourism are keys to the health of the economy; during 2009-10, France sent more development assistance to New Caledonia than to any of its other overseas territories. In October 2014, French Prime Minster Manuel VALLS confirmed financial support to New Caledonia totaling $500 million for the period 2016-20. Substantial new investment in the nickel industry — including two major new plants, combined with the recovery of global nickel prices, brightens the economic outlook for the next several years. In 2015 New Caledonia is likely to help fill China’s shortfall in nickel supplies left by an Indonesian ban on nickel ore exports. The new government, which inherited a $112 million deficit in 2013, is expected to focus on bringing the territory’s budget back into balance.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$11.1 billion (2014 est.) $10.8 billion (2013 est.) $10.57 billion (2012)
country comparison to the world: 155
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GDP (official exchange rate):
$11.1 billion (2014 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
2.8% (2014 est.) 2.2% (2013) 2.9% (2012)
country comparison to the world: 109
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GDP - per capita (PPP):
$38,800 (2012 est.) $36,500 (2010 est.) $27,300 (2005)
country comparison to the world: 41
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GDP - composition, by end use:
household consumption: 62.8%
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government consumption: 25%
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investment in fixed capital: 43.1%
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investment in inventories: 0%
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exports of goods and services: 21.9%
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imports of goods and services: -52.8% (2015 est.)
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GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 1.4%
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industry: 26.4%
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services: 72.2% (2015 est.)
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Agriculture - products:
vegetables; beef, venison, other livestock products; fish

Industries:
nickel mining and smelting

Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
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Labor force:
106,400 (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 183
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Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 2.7%
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industry: 22.4%
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services: 74.9% (2010)
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Unemployment rate:
17.1% (2004)
country comparison to the world: 158
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Population below poverty line:
NA%
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
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highest 10%: NA%
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Budget:
revenues: $996 million
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expenditures: $1.072 billion (2001 est.)
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Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
NA% of GDP
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Fiscal year:
calendar year

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.7% (2015 est.) 0.2% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 60
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Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
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Exports:
$1.565 billion (2014 est.) $1.565 billion (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
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Exports - commodities:
ferronickels, nickel ore, fish

Exports - partners:
France 18.4%, Japan 15.7%, Republic of Korea 12.1% (2014)

Imports:
$3.323 billion (2014 est.) $3.323 billion (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 139
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Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
France 22.2%, Singapore 18.6%, Australia 10.9% (2014)

Debt - external:
$112 million (31 December 2013 est.) $79 million (31 December 1998 est.)
country comparison to the world: 193
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Exchange rates:
Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 89.8 (2015 est.) 89.8 (2014 est.) 85.74 (2011 est.)