International tourism, number of departures in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: International tourism, number of departures was 48,000 in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, number of departures in New Caledonia, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 48,000 for international tourism, number of departures in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 66.7% on the previous year and down 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, number of departures in New Caledonia peaked at 144,000 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 48,000, in 2020.
That places New Caledonia 107th out of 117 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, number of departures in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 59,000 | — |
| 1996 | 64,000 | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 63,000 | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 68,000 | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 69,000 | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 69,000 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 68,000 | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 72,000 | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 78,000 | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 89,000 | +14.1% |
| 2005 | 96,000 | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 100,000 | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 106,000 | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 112,000 | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 119,000 | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 132,000 | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 124,000 | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 121,000 | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 121,000 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 124,000 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 127,000 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 134,000 | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 135,000 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 139,000 | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 144,000 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 48,000 | -66.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64,600 | 59,000 | 69,000 | 5 |
| 2000s | 90,900 | 68,000 | 119,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 130,100 | 121,000 | 144,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,000 | 48,000 | 48,000 | 1 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 104 Papua New Guinea 92,000 compare
- 105 Republic of Moldova 75,000 compare
- 106 Mauritius 65,000 compare
- 108 Central African Republic 38,000 compare
- 108 Turkmenistan 38,000 compare
- 110 Burundi 35,000 compare
More private sector data for New Caledonia
- Merchandise trade 41.1% (2024)
- Food imports 15.8% (2015)
- Manufactures imports 56.5% (2015)
- Merchandise imports 2.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.4% (2015)
- Manufactures exports 59.0% (2015)
- Merchandise exports 1.26 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,283 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1447 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.26 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, number of departures in New Caledonia?
- International tourism, number of departures in New Caledonia was 48,000 in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, number of departures recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 144,000 in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, number of departures recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,000 in 2020.
- How does New Caledonia rank for international tourism, number of departures?
- New Caledonia ranks 107th out of 117 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, number of departures rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, number of departures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.