KEYFIGURES
GEOGRAPHY
HEALTH EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT
POPULATION AND SOCIETY PUBLIC SECTOR
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BUSINESSES
ADDED-VALUE FISHERIES-AQUACULTURE
BALANCE OF TRADE AGRICULTURE
EXCHANGE RATES MINING-METALLURGY
INFLATION TOURISM
SALARIES TRANSPORT
EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR
 
GEOGRAPHY

Capital city

 Noumea   Distance* from Noumea  

Highest point (m)

 1 628  

Paris (France)

 16 674
Density (inhab/km2 en 2009) 13.2   Los Angeles (United States) 10 095

Land area (km2)

 18 576   Tokyo (Japan) 6 972

Exclusive economic zone (km2)

 1 386 588   Sydney (Australia) 1 979

Average temperature (°C)

 22.7   Auckland (New Zealand) 1 859

Average rainfall (mm per year)

 1 534   Papeete (French Polynesia) 4 630

Average sunshine (hours per year)

 2 313   Port-Vila (Vanuatu) 527

    Mata-Utu (Wallis and Futuna) 2 103
 *Orthodromic
Sources : ISEE-INSEE, Météo France, Dir. de l’Aviation Civile, DITTT, ADRAF
HEALTH* Loyalty islands Northern Southern New
  province province province Caledonia
Number of doctors
(general practitioners & specialists)
 18 44 480 542
Medical density
(doctors for 100 000 inhabitants)
 103 99 262 221
*In 2009

Sources : DASS, ISEE
EMPLOYMENT AND
Loyalty islands Northern Southern New
UNEMPLOYMENT* province province province Caledonia
Employment rate
at census (%)
 49.6 58.0 63.0 61.2
Unemployment rate
at census (%)
 32.1 27.6 9.6 13.8
*In 2009

Sources : INSEE-ISEE, Recensements de la Population

POPULATION AND SOCIETY
Population 1996 2004 2009
Total population (nbr) 196 836 230 789 245 580
incl : Loyalty islands province 20 877 22 080 17 436
Northern province 41 413 44 474 45 137
Southern province 134 546 164 235 183 007
Average age at census (years) 27.8 30.2 31.6
Demographic indicators 1990 2000 2008
Natural growth rate (% inhabitants) 2.0 1.6 1.2
Birth rate (‰ inhabitants) 25.6 21.4 16.3
Mortality rate (‰ inhabitants) 5.4 5.1 4.8
Life expectancy at birth (years) 70.3 74.7 75.9 (1)
Fertility indicator (child/woman) 3.2 2.6 2.2 (1)
(1) Data 2007
Sources : INSEE/ISEE, Recensements de la population

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

 2007 2008 e 2009 e

GDP in current prices (million euros)

 6 436 6 235 6 303

Real growth rate (%)

 4.2 1.4 2.4

GDP/Capita (thousand euros)

 26.8 26.0 26.0
e Estimation
Sources : ISEE

GROSS ADDED VALUE*

 2007 2009 e 2009 (%)
Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fisheries and breeding 82 96 1.7
Food industry 98 119 2.1
Nickel industries 1 083 284 4.9
Other industries 222 253 4.4
Energy 96 107 1.9
Construction 551 722 12.5
Trade 688 750 13.0
Transport and communication 404 420 7.3
Financial activities 215 217 3.7
Mainly business services 368 477 8.2
Mainly personal and domestic services 1 164 1 262 21.8
Public administration 1 005 1 079 18.7
Added value (excl. FISIM**) 5 976 5 785 100.0
*Million euros, e Estimation **Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured
Source : ISEE

BALANCE OF TRADE

 2008 2009 2010
Imports of goods* 2 196 1 844 2 506
Exports of goods* 880 708 1 123
Cover rate (%) 40.0 38.4 45.0
*Million euros
Sources : Dir. Régionale des Douanes, Dir. de l'Industrie, des Mines & de l'Energie
       

EXCHANGE RATE

 2008 2009 2010
Rates in cfp francs* 1 000 F.CFP = 8.38 Euros**
United States (1 EU) 81.99 87.40 90.89
Australia (1 AUD) 69.28 68.14 83.21
New Zealand (1 NZD) 58.06 54.82 65.33
Japan (1 Yen) 0.79 0.92 1.08
*Average annual buy and sell rates
**Fixed parity since 01/01/99

Source : Association Française des Banques de NC
INFLATION (%) 2008 2009 2010
All groups* 3.7 0.2 2.7
Food 4.6 1.0 2.8
Manufactured goods 3.4 -2.5 3.1
Services 3.1 2.0 2.2
*Year-on-year
Source : ISEE

WAGES

 2009 2010 2011
Guaranteed Minimum* wage 1 042.52 1 051.39 1 173.20
Guaranteed Minimum* agricultural wage** 886.14 893.68 997.22
*Euros/month for 169h
**Instaured by local law n°2000-006 of january 15, 2001
Source : Direction du Travail
 EMPLOYMENT BY ACTIVITY SECTOR* 2008 2009 2010
Private sector (nbr) 57 052 58 331 60 670
Agriculture 2 215 2 190 2 189
Industry 10 140 10 496 11 026
Construction 7 843 8 050 8 379
Services 36 854 37 596 39 076
Public sector (nbr) 22 694 23 130 23 588
All sectors 79 746 81 462 84 258
*At dec. 31, except servicemen & supported employment

Sources : ISEE-CAFAT

PUBLIC SECTOR

 2005 2006 2007

Public sector finance
Spending (million euros) 2 565 2 803 3 002
Income (million euros) 2 693 2 817 3 206

Tax deductions (% of GDP)

 2007 e
Tax and social security deduction rates 30.3 28.7 28.5
Tax pressure rate 19.0 17.3 18.2

Economic weight (%)

 2007 e

Share of public sector in GDP

 22.0 21.0 18.0

French state spending in NC*

 2008 2009 2010 p

Total spending (million euros)

 1 062 1 049 1 025

Spending per capita (euros)

 4 303 na na
*Except servicemen payrolls paid directly by Metropolitan France

Sources : ISEE/Comptes du secteur public, comptes administratifs,Trésor Public
BUSINESSES  1995 2000 2010 p
All on 31/12 46 253 49 196 51 899

Business creations*

 4 114 4 598 5 113
p Provisional, *ICS field
Source : ISEE

FISHERIES-AQUACULTURE

 2008 2009 2010 p

Main exports (Tons)
Prawns 1 295 1 079 746
Tunas 725 947 1 095
Dried holothurians 77 48 26
Troca shells 199 277 228
p Provisional

Sources : GFA, Sce/Marine Marchande & Pêches Maritimes, Dir. Régionale des Douanes

AGRICULTURE 2008 2009 2010 p

Produce sold (Tons)
Fruits 5 252 4 407 4 771
Vegetables** 9 843 8 556 9 109
Cereals 4 203 2 664 3 335
Potatoes 1 773 1 488 868
Copra 122 57 166

Meat production (Tons)
Beef meat 3 147 3 192 3 419
Pork meat 2 373 2 262 2 255
Deer meat 186 182 268
Poultry 907 790 876
**Including tubers, onions & squash

Sources : DAVAR-ISEE, Recensement Général de l’Agriculture
MINE-METALLURGY 2008 2009 2010

Extraction of nickel (thousands of wet tons)

 6 459 6 094 8 698

Metalllurgic production (nickel content in tons)

 51 031 52 132 53 940

Nickel price at LME (annual average in USD/Lb)

 9.58 6.65 9.89

Source : Direction de l’Industrie, des Mines et de l’Énergie
TOURISM 2008 2009 2010
Tourists (nbr) 103 672 99 379 98 562
Length of stay (days) 20 21 20
Noumea's hotel nights (nbr) 615 408 569 041 535 425
Cruise passengers (nbr) 152 250 131 231 203 879
Salary-earners (nbr) 4 765 (4) 4 909 (5) 4 924 (6)
Tourism share in total added value (%) 3.9 (1) 3.9 (2) 3.8 (3)

(1) Data 2004, (2) Data 2005 p, (3) Data 2006 e, (4) Data 2007, (5) Data 2008, (6) Data 2009 p

Sources : ISEE, Port Autonome

TRANSPORT 2008 2009 2010

New vehicle registrations
(vehicle nbrs)

 13 639 13 246 13 684

External maritime traffic
(freight in thousand tons)

 5 173 5 420 7 257

Domestic maritime traffic
(freight in thousand tons)

 3 100 2 996 3 335

International air traffic
(arrival/departure/Tontouta Airport)

 451 758 459 588 478 141

Domestic air traffic
(arrival/departure/Magenta Aerodrome)

 348 528 370 056 367 636

Sources : Direction de l’Industrie, des Mines et de l’Énergie, Port autonome,

Direction de l'Aviation Civile
Source : ISEE Updated : 08/11/11