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Health · East Asia & Pacific · High income
New Caledonia: health in numbers
Life expectancy is 78.9 yrs (2024), 60th of 217 in the world and 10th of 37 in East Asia & Pacific. Life expectancy, women is 81.4 yrs (2024), 65th of 217 in the world and 10th of 37 in East Asia & Pacific. Life expectancy, men is 76.5 yrs (2024), 59th of 217 in the world and 10th of 37 in East Asia & Pacific.
Life expectancy
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Life expectancy, women
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6 indicators
Health: New Caledonia in detail
Latest reported value, world rank and rank within East Asia & Pacific; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.
| Indicator | Latest | World rank | In region | ~2000 | ~2010 | ~2020 | 10-year change | Region | Income group | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancyLife expectancy at birth, years | 78.9 yrs2024 | 60/217 | 10/37 | 73.6 yrs | 76.0 yrs | 77.0 yrs | +2.4%since 2014 | 76.7 yrs | 80.4 yrs | 73.5 yrs | |
| Life expectancy, womenLife expectancy at birth, women, years | 81.4 yrs2024 | 65/217 | 10/37 | 76.9 yrs | 79.2 yrs | 79.5 yrs | +1.6%since 2014 | 79.7 yrs | 83.2 yrs | 76.0 yrs | |
| Life expectancy, menLife expectancy at birth, men, years | 76.5 yrs2024 | 59/217 | 10/37 | 70.5 yrs | 73.0 yrs | 74.7 yrs | +3.0%since 2014 | 73.9 yrs | 77.8 yrs | 71.1 yrs | |
| TuberculosisTuberculosis incidence, per 100,000 people | 182024 | 132/208 | 30/36 | 101 | 33 | 23 | +5.9%since 2014 | 144 | 12 | 131 | |
| Basic waterBasic drinking water, % of population | 99.5%2024 | 67/206 | 12/37 | 95.1% | 97.0% | 99.3% | +1.6 ppsince 2014 | 95.3% | 99.2% | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitationBasic sanitation, % of population | 100.0%2024 | 11/203 | 4/37 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | ±0.0 ppsince 2014 | 94.8% | 98.3% | 82.2% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.
Better than ten years ago
- Life expectancy+2.4%78.9 yrs in 2024
- Life expectancy, women+1.6%81.4 yrs in 2024
- Life expectancy, men+3.0%76.5 yrs in 2024
- Basic water+1.6 pp99.5% in 2024
Worse than ten years ago
- Tuberculosis+5.9%18 in 2024
Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).
neighbours
New Caledonia and its neighbours
Countries sharing a land border with New Caledonia. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.
| Indicator | New Caledonia | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.9 yrs2024 | 83.1 yrs2024 |
| Life expectancy, women | 81.4 yrs2024 | 85.1 yrs2024 |
| Life expectancy, men | 76.5 yrs2024 | 81.1 yrs2024 |
| Tuberculosis | 182024 | 72024 |
| Basic water | 99.5%2024 | 100.0%2024 |
| Basic sanitation | 100.0%2024 | 100.0%2024 |