New Caledonia: Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, New Caledonia's total natural resources rents (% of GDP) rose 16.78 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.01% to 16.79%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.44 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 20.38 percentage points in 1988 and the biggest yearly fall was 32.65 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 29% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, New Caledonia had the 32nd highest value of the 196 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to New Caledonia in the 2021 ranking

• Cabo Verde — 28th of 196: 17.66%
• United Arab Emirates — 29th of 196: 17.63%
• Chile — 30th of 196: 16.9%
• Bahrain — 32nd of 196: 16.64%
• Mozambique — 33rd of 196: 14.91%
• Burundi — 34th of 196: 13.96%

What this measures

Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 52 values

Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 0% (2021)
• Australia — 13.36% (2021)
• Brunei Darussalam — 24.28% (2021)
• Cambodia — 0.84% (2021)
• China — 1.71% (2021)
• Fiji — 2.25% (2021)
• French Polynesia — 0.00357% (2021)
• Guam — 0% (2021)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.000993% (2021)
• Indonesia — 5.16% (2021)

More environment data for New Caledonia

• Rural population — 93,999 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 31.83% (2025)
• Urban population — 201,334 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 68.17% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 1,285 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 4,037 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 5,323 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — 0.23% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — 1.24% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km)

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Questions people ask

What is New Caledonia's total natural resources rents (% of GDP)?

16.79% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is down 9.58 percentage points from 26.37% in 1970. The highest value was 35.26% in 2007 and the lowest 0.01% in 2013.

How does New Caledonia rank?

32nd highest of 196 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in total natural resources rents (% of GDP) unusual for New Caledonia?

In 2021, New Caledonia's total natural resources rents (% of GDP) rose 16.78 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.01% to 16.79%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.44 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/changing-wealth-of-nations/data, note: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations., publisher: World Bank (WB); Staff estimates, Wo… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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