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Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in New Caledonia

New Caledonia: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita was 78.77 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
78.77 years
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
67th
of 236 countries
All-time high
78.77 years
in 2023
All-time low
45.09 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in New Caledonia, 1950–2023

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Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

New Caledonia recorded 78.77 years for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in New Caledonia peaked at 78.77 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 45.09 years, in 1950.

That places New Caledonia 67th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in New Caledonia, year by year

Year years Change
1950 45.09 years —
1951 45.72 years +1.4%
1952 46.46 years +1.6%
1953 47.17 years +1.5%
1954 47.9 years +1.5%
1955 48.61 years +1.5%
1956 49.37 years +1.6%
1957 50.12 years +1.5%
1958 50.86 years +1.5%
1959 51.59 years +1.4%
1960 52.34 years +1.5%
1961 53.07 years +1.4%
1962 53.8 years +1.4%
1963 54.53 years +1.4%
1964 55.29 years +1.4%
1965 56.07 years +1.4%
1966 56.87 years +1.4%
1967 57.69 years +1.4%
1968 58.5 years +1.4%
1969 59.3 years +1.4%
1970 60.06 years +1.3%
1971 60.78 years +1.2%
1972 61.41 years +1.0%
1973 62.1 years +1.1%
1974 62.69 years +1.0%
1975 63.24 years +0.9%
1976 63.75 years +0.8%
1977 64.24 years +0.8%
1978 64.7 years +0.7%
1979 65.15 years +0.7%
1980 65.6 years +0.7%
1981 65.99 years +0.6%
1982 66.51 years +0.8%
1983 66.97 years +0.7%
1984 67.42 years +0.7%
1985 67.84 years +0.6%
1986 68.24 years +0.6%
1987 68.6 years +0.5%
1988 68.92 years +0.5%
1989 69.22 years +0.4%
1990 69.53 years +0.4%
1991 69.82 years +0.4%
1992 70.14 years +0.5%
1993 70.5 years +0.5%
1994 70.9 years +0.6%
1995 71.31 years +0.6%
1996 71.75 years +0.6%
1997 72.2 years +0.6%
1998 72.68 years +0.7%
1999 73.14 years +0.6%
2000 73.57 years +0.6%
2001 73.96 years +0.5%
2002 74.28 years +0.4%
2003 74.5 years +0.3%
2004 74.71 years +0.3%
2005 74.87 years +0.2%
2006 75.02 years +0.2%
2007 75.18 years +0.2%
2008 75.4 years +0.3%
2009 75.68 years +0.4%
2010 75.99 years +0.4%
2011 76.31 years +0.4%
2012 76.61 years +0.4%
2013 76.87 years +0.3%
2014 77.05 years +0.2%
2015 77.21 years +0.2%
2016 77.36 years +0.2%
2017 77.5 years +0.2%
2018 77.56 years +0.1%
2019 77.26 years -0.4%
2020 77.05 years -0.3%
2021 77.11 years +0.1%
2022 77.7 years +0.8%
2023 78.77 years +1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 48.29 years 45.09 years 51.59 years 10
1960s 55.75 years 52.34 years 59.3 years 10
1970s 62.81 years 60.06 years 65.15 years 10
1980s 67.53 years 65.6 years 69.22 years 10
1990s 71.2 years 69.53 years 73.14 years 10
2000s 74.72 years 73.57 years 75.68 years 10
2010s 76.97 years 75.99 years 77.56 years 10
2020s 77.66 years 77.05 years 78.77 years 4

Countries ranked near New Caledonia

  1. 64 Falkland Islands 79.21 years compare
  2. 65 Estonia 79.15 years compare
  3. 66 Northern Mariana Islands 78.81 years compare
  4. 68 Saudi Arabia 78.73 years compare
  5. 69 Poland 78.63 years compare
  6. 70 Wallis and Futuna 78.63 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in New Caledonia?
Life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in New Caledonia was 78.77 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in New Caledonia?
The highest recorded value was 78.77 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in New Caledonia?
The lowest recorded value was 45.09 years in 1950.
How does New Caledonia rank for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
New Caledonia ranks 67th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in New Caledonia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Unit
years
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Period life expectancy at birth.