Economy of New Caledonia
| Economy - overview: | New Caledonia has about 25% of the world's known nickel resources. 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. Substantial new investment in the nickel industry, combined with the recovery of global nickel prices, brightens the economic outlook for the next several years. |
| GDP (purchasing power parity): | $3.158 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate): | $3.3 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate: | NA% |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | $15,000 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture: 15% industry: 8.8% services: 76.2% (2003) |
| Labor force: | 78,990 (2004) |
| Labor force - by occupation: | agriculture: 20% industry: 20% services: 60% (2002) |
| Unemployment rate: | 17.1% (2004) |
| Population below poverty line: | NA% |
| Household income or consumption by percentage share: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 1.4% (2000 est.) |
| Budget: | revenues: $996 million expenditures: $1.072 billion (2001 est.) |
| Agriculture - products: | vegetables; beef, deer, other livestock products; fish |
| Industries: | nickel mining and smelting |
| Industrial production growth rate: | -0.6% (1996) |
| Electricity - production: | 1.675 billion kWh (2004) |
| Electricity - production by source: | fossil fuel: 76.3% hydro: 23.7% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - consumption: | 1.558 billion kWh (2004) |
| Electricity - exports: | 0 kWh (2004) |
| Electricity - imports: | 0 kWh (2004) |
| Oil - production: | 0 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
| Oil - consumption: | 10,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
| Oil - exports: | NA bbl/day |
| Oil - imports: | NA bbl/day |
| Oil - proved reserves: | 0 bbl |
| Natural gas - production: | 0 cu m (2004 est.) |
| Natural gas - consumption: | 0 cu m (2004 est.) |
| Exports: | $1.085 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.) |
| Exports - commodities: | ferronickels, nickel ore, fish |
| Exports - partners: | Japan 17.3%, France 13.3%, China 10.8%, Taiwan 10.1%, Spain 9.4%, South Korea 8.9%, Belgium 7.3%, Italy 6%, Australia 4.6% (2006) |
| Imports: | $1.78 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.) |
| Imports - commodities: | machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs |
| Imports - partners: | France 39.1%, Singapore 15.4%, Australia 11.5%, NZ 4.9% (2006) |
| Debt - external: | $79 million (1998 est.) |
| Economic aid - recipient: | $525 million annual subsidy from France (2004) |
| Currency (code): | Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF) |
| Currency code: | XPF |
| Exchange rates: | Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 95.025 (2006), 95.89 (2005), 96.04 (2004), 105.66 (2003), 126.71 (2002) |
| Fiscal year: | calendar year |