Labour force participation in New Caledonia
The ILO estimates that 56.4% of people aged 15 and over in New Caledonia were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
New Caledonia, 2025
56.4%
Change from 2024
−0.5percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
130th of 181
Labour force participation in New Caledonia over time
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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | New Caledonia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.4% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 56.9% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 57.2% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 57.6% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 57.4% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 57.7% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 57.6% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 58.9% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 60.2% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 61.5% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 56.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 62.7%, the figure has changed by −6.3 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, New Caledonia has the 130th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for New Caledonia
All statistics for New Caledonia
Women's labour force participation
51.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
50.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
11.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
33.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
1.8%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
20.6%
2025 · World Bank