Work & Labour in New Caledonia

68 indicators covering work & labour for New Caledonia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 33.0% 2025 down 15.3% 99th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 39.9% 2025 down 11.0% 122nd
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 56.4% 2025 down 10.0% 131st
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.0% 2025 down 8.4% 155th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 36.4% 2025 down 13.0% 109th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 59.7% 2025 down 8.5% 100th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 70.6% 2025 down 6.1% 146th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 65.1% 2025 down 7.3% 122nd
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.1% 2025 down 11.6% 113th
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 82.3% 2025 down 3.5% 82nd
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 82.9% 2025 down 3.4% 52nd
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 88.3% 2025 down 1.4% 50th
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 78.3% 2025 down 5.1% 56th
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 66.3% 2025 up 11.6% 38th
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.9% 2025 up 60.6% 131st
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.9% 2025 up 78.1% 117th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.9% 2025 up 69.4% 125th
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 7.9% 2025 down 18.3% 128th
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 31.4% 2025 down 19.0% 46th
Employment in industry (% of total employment) 20.6% 2025 down 18.8% 74th
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 91.0% 2025 up 2.1% 26th
Employment in services (% of total employment) 77.6% 2025 up 6.3% 31st
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 17.1% 2025 up 20.3% 135th
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 21.7% 2025 up 24.3% 131st
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 11.7% 2025 up 12.3% 137th
Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.0% 2025 up 220.4% 113th
Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.6% 2025 up 200.5% 117th
Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.3% 2025 up 266.1% 79th
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 36.6% 2025 down 7.8% 22nd
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 30.3% 2025 down 15.5% 16th
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 33.1% 2025 down 11.9% 16th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 10.2% 2023 down 30.4% 32nd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.6% 2023 down 30.0% 30th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 10.8% 2023 down 31.0% 37th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 64.6% 2023 down 6.4% 148th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 54.1% 2023 down 8.1% 102nd
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 59.3% 2023 down 7.4% 125th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 36.2% 2023 down 10.9% 74th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 38.9% 2023 down 17.9% 118th
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 83.8% 2023 down 1.8% 78th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 37.5% 2023 down 14.8% 97th
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 34.5% 2023 down 10.1% 10th
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 30.9% 2023 down 16.7% 9th
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 38.5% 2023 down 3.6% 11th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 24.3% 2025 down 38.5% 59th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 23.1% 2025 down 37.8% 40th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 25.4% 2025 down 39.2% 76th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 24.4% 2025 down 6.8% 143rd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 27.8% 2025 down 3.4% 145th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 20.9% 2025 down 10.9% 131st
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 18.1% 2025 up 11.3% 128th
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 14.2% 2025 up 6.3% 134th
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 9.4% 2025 down 3.6% 141st
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 44.9% 2025 down 8.7% 121st
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 55.6% 2025 down 6.2% 157th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 50.1% 2025 down 7.5% 139th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 24.7% 2023 up 109.0% 21st
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 25.8% 2023 up 111.1% 36th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 23.7% 2023 up 106.7% 15th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 48.3% 2023 down 2.8% 103rd