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New Caledonia

New Caledonia ( KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km (140 mi) southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia. Located 16,100 km (10,000 mi) from Metropolitan France, it forms a sui generis collectivity of the French Republic, a legal status unique in overseas France, and is enshrined in a dedicated chapter of the French Constitution. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. French people, especially locals, call Grande Terre le Caillou, a nickname also used more generally for the entire New Caledonia. Pro-independence Kanak parties use the name (la) Kanaky (pron. [(la) kanaki]) to refer to New Caledonia, a term coined in the 1980s from the ethnic name of the indigenous Melanesian Kanak people who make up 41% of New Caledonia's population. New Caledonia is one of the European Union's Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), but it is not part of the European Union. New Caledonia has a land area o... [More]
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Economic Indicators + Forecasts

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Indicator Last Time Previous Metric
Balance of Trade
-2665 25 Apr -7785 XPF Million
Business Confidence
73.8 24 Sep 64.9 points
CPI Housing Utilities
107 25 Apr 107 points
CPI Transportation
103 25 Apr 102 points
Construction Output
-0.96 25 Apr -0.36 percent
Consumer Price Index CPI
107 25 Apr 106 points
Currency
104 25 Jun 104
Current Account
-70.5 22 Dec -40.5 Billion XPF
Employed Persons
55019 24 Dec 57371
Exports
12216 25 Apr 9234 XPF Million
Food Inflation
5.3 25 Apr 5.3 percent
GDP
9.62 22 Dec 10.07 USD Billion
GDP Annual Growth Rate
3.5 22 Dec -2.1 percent
Home Ownership Rate
60.5 19 Dec 60 percent
Imports
14881 25 Apr 17019 XPF Million
Inflation Rate
1.9 25 Apr 2.2 percent
Inflation Rate MoM
0.5 25 Apr -0.2 percent
Interest Rate
3 25 Apr 3.25 percent
Population
2.75 23 Dec 2.74 Million
Tourist Arrivals
3256 25 Mar 2969
Unemployment Rate
11.2 24 Dec 10.9 percent
Youth Unemployment Rate
26.2 22 Dec 30.9 percent
Indicator Actual Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Metric
Consumer Price Index CPI 107 107.94 107.28 108.52 109.03 points
Food Inflation 5.3 5 4.5 5 5.2 percent
GDP 9.62 9.74 10.03 10.28 USD Billion USD Billion
GDP Annual Growth Rate 3.5 1.2 percent
Inflation Rate 1.9 1.6 2 2.5 2.5 percent
Interest Rate 3 3 2.5 2.5 3 percent
Population 2.75 2.76 2.77 3 Million Million
Unemployment Rate 11.2 9.5 percent