Meat production in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Meat production was 6,852 tonnes in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat production in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 6,852 tonnes for meat production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat production in New Caledonia peaked at 8,650 tonnes in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,137 tonnes, in 1976.
That places New Caledonia 172nd out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,214 tonnes | 4,066 tonnes | 4,361 tonnes | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,860 tonnes | 3,137 tonnes | 4,568 tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,859 tonnes | 3,446 tonnes | 4,528 tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,574 tonnes | 4,420 tonnes | 6,200 tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,168 tonnes | 5,770 tonnes | 6,445 tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,917 tonnes | 6,492 tonnes | 8,650 tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,857 tonnes | 6,812 tonnes | 6,903 tonnes | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 169.25 million current US$ (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 93,999 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 31.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Land under cereal production 298 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat production in New Caledonia?
- Meat production in New Caledonia was 6,852 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest meat production recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,650 tonnes in 2015.
- What is the lowest meat production recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,137 tonnes in 1976.
- How does New Caledonia rank for meat production?
- New Caledonia ranks 172nd out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat production rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Meat production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expressed in tonnes. Includes cattle, poultry, sheep/mutton, goat, pigmeat, and wild game.