New Caledonia
- Region
- Oceania · Melanesia
- Capital
- Nouméa
- Population
- 295,333 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary democracy (Territorial Congress); an overseas collectivity of France
- Currency
- CFP franc (XPF)
- Official languages
- French
- Spoken languages
- French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 18,575 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- No
Political stability
85 / 100
Population stability
79 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- iron alloys, nickel, nickel ore, processed crustaceans, shellfish (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, coal, cars, aircraft, packaged medicine (2023)
- Natural resources
- nickel, chrome, iron, cobalt, manganese, silver, gold, lead, copper
- Primary route
- Feeder services to Australian and Asian hubs
- Secondary route
- Transpacific connections via Fiji hubs
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.