Rural population, per capita in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Rural population, per capita was 0.3183 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rural population, per capita in New Caledonia, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 0.3183 units per person for rural population, per capita in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population, per capita in New Caledonia peaked at 0.6341 units per person in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.3183 units per person, in 2025.
That places New Caledonia 121st out of 217 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5655 units per person | 0.4947 units per person | 0.6341 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4521 units per person | 0.4269 units per person | 0.4847 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4125 units per person | 0.4053 units per person | 0.4229 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3972 units per person | 0.3874 units per person | 0.404 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3605 units per person | 0.3334 units per person | 0.3839 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3314 units per person | 0.3284 units per person | 0.333 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3231 units per person | 0.3183 units per person | 0.3273 units per person | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.8 % change on previous year (2017)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2271 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 596.77 current US$ per person (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0179 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Rural population 93,999 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.79 (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 169.25 million current US$ (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population, per capita in New Caledonia?
- Rural population, per capita in New Caledonia was 0.3183 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rural population, per capita recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6341 units per person in 1960.
- What is the lowest rural population, per capita recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3183 units per person in 2025.
- How does New Caledonia rank for rural population, per capita?
- New Caledonia ranks 121st out of 217 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rural population, per capita rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rural population, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rural population ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rural population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.