New Caledonia ranks #127 of 242 on the Composite Power Index (0.3/100), scored on military spending, active personnel, nuclear arsenal, economic size and logistics. Its Instability Index is 10.9/100 (#193 most fragile). Every figure below carries its source and year. Data read 2026-10-22.
Data on New Caledonia in this dataset is limited to economic topline and energy figures; no military, governance, debt, or reserves data are available.
New Caledonia's GDP stood at $8.55 billion in 2024, per World Bank WDI figures, with GDP per capita of $29,213.19 and a population of 292,639 that year — a relatively high per-capita figure within the dataset's economic series.
On energy, primary energy consumption was 0.0666 exajoules in 2023 and electricity generation 3.12 terawatt-hours in 2024, both per Our World in Data's energy series. Oil and gas production are both listed at 0.0 terawatt-hours.
No SIPRI milex figures, COW NMC personnel or CINC data, V-Dem governance scores, IMF debt or reserves figures are present for New Caledonia in this dataset — these categories are simply absent rather than zero, and no statement about this territory's defense posture, governance quality, or fiscal position can be made from the available facts. The oil and gas production figures are dated 2016, per Our World in Data, and are a decade stale.
Sources: World Bank WDI, Our World in Data (Energy)
Written from the sourced figures on this page and checked against them before publication — any figure not present in the data blocks the briefing. Generated 2026-10-06.
Insufficient factors.
No alliance data loaded.
No contiguity data.
COW Dyadic MID, 1816–2014 — historical register, not live rivalries. Count = militarized disputes; year = most recent; ● = peak intensity.
No militarized disputes recorded (COW MID).
Displacement (UNHCR): 0 refugees originated · 0 IDPs ·
Neighbours and leading powers — each links to its own sourced dossier.