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EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE IN NEW CALEDONIA
Education Expenditures: NA. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write; total population: 96.9 percent; male: 97.3 percent; female: 96.5 percent (2015). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Youth Unemployment Rate (ages 15-24): total: 41 percent; male: 39.2 percent; female: 43.2 percent (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 11
Health Expenditures: NA. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Number of Doctors: NA. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Sanitation Access: improved: urban: NA; rural: NA; total: 100 percent of population; unimproved: urban: NA; rural: NA; total: 0 percent of population (2020 estimate). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Energy in New Caledonia
Energy Consumption Per Capita: 0 Btu/person (2019 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 202. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Carbon Dioxide Emissions: 5.886 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from coal and metallurgical coke: 2.879 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from petroleum and other liquids: 3.007 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from consumed natural gas: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: emissions 132.
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Electricity in New Caledonia
Access to Electricity: electrification: total population: 100 percent (2021). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Electricity Consumption and Production: installed generating capacity: 1.071 million kW (2020 estimate)
consumption: 2,940,707,000 kWh (2019 estimate)
exports: 0 kWh (2020 estimate)
imports: 0 kWh (2020 estimate)
transmission/distribution losses: 64.293 million kWh (2019 estimate)
comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 133; consumption 140; exports 122; imports 139; transmission/distribution losses 167. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Sources of Electricity Generation: fossil fuels: 91.2 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
nuclear: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
solar: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
wind: 1.5 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
hydroelectricity: 7.4 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
tide and wave: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
geothermal: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
biomass and waste: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate).
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Oil, Coal and Natural Gas in New Caledonia
Coal: production: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
consumption: 1.151 million metric tons (2020 estimate)
exports: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
imports: 1.151 million metric tons (2020 estimate)
proven reserves: 2 million metric tons (2019 estimate).
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Petroleum: total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2021 estimate)
refined petroleum consumption: 19,300 bbl/day (2019 estimate)
crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 estimate)
crude oil and lease condensate imports: 0 bbl/day (2018 estimate)
crude oil estimated reserves: 0 barrels (2021 estimate)
Refined petroleum products: production
0 bbl/day (2015 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 110.
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Refined Petroleum Products: Exports: 0 bbl/day (2015 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 201. Imports: 19,100 bbl/day (2015 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 124. Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Natural Gas: production: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
consumption: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
proven reserves: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate).
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Communications in New Caledonia
Telephones: Fixed Lines: total subscriptions: 46,000 (2021 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: subscriptions 160. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Mobile Telephones: total subscriptions: 260,000 (2021 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 90 (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: subscriptions 180. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Telecommunication Systems: general assessment: New Caledonia’s telecom sector provides fixed and mobile voice services, mobile internet, fixed broadband access, and wholesale services for other ISPs; the country is well serviced by extensive 3G and LTE networks, and is considered to have one of the highest smartphone adoption rates in the Pacific region; by 2025, smart phone penetration is expected to reach 71 percent; while DSL is still the dominant fixed broadband technology, and a nationwide FttP network; the South Pacific region has become a hub for submarine cable system developments in recent years, with further networks scheduled to come online later in 2021 and into 2022; these new cables are expected to increase competition in the region with regards to international capacity; in 2020, the government owned telco commissioned Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to build the Gondwana-2 cable system to provide additional network capacity and complement the Gondwana-1 cable (2022). Domestic: fixed-line is 16 per 100 and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 90 per 100 persons (2021). International: country code: 687; landing points for the Gondwana-1 and Picot-1 providing connectivity via submarine cables around New Caledonia and to Australia; satellite earth station: 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Broadcast Media: the publicly owned French Overseas Network (RFO), which operates in France's overseas departments and territories, broadcasts over the RFO Nouvelle-Calédonie TV and radio stations; a small number of privately owned radio stations also broadcast. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Internet Users: total: 237,800 (2021 estimate); Percent of the Population: 82 percent (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 178; Broadband: Fixed Subscriptions: total: 55,000 (2020 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2020 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 142. Internet Country Code: .nc [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Transportation in New Caledonia
Roads: total: 5,622 kilometers (2006); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 146. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Water Transport: Merchant Marine: total: 23; By Type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 1, other 17 (2022); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 145; Ports and Terminals: major seaport(s): Noumea
National Air Transport System: number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020) (registered in France); inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 15 (registered in France). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Airports: 25 (2021); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 128; Airports: with paved runways: 12. Paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 meters (16,000 feet), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 meters (8,000-13,000 feet); Airports with Unpaved Runways: 13. Unpaved runways have a surface composition such as grass or packed earth and are most suited to the operation of light aircraft; unpaved runways are usually short, often less than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in length; airports with unpaved runways often lack facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control. Heliports: 8 (2021). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
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Text Sources: CIA World Factbook, 2023; “Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Volume 2: Oceania,” edited by Terence E. Hays, 1991, Wikipedia, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times of London, Lonely Planet Guides, Library of Congress, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian magazine, The New Yorker, Reuters, Associated Press, AFP, BBC, CNN, and various books, websites and other publications.
Last updated August 2023