Barbados vs New Caledonia

Barbados and New Caledonia compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Barbados and New Caledonia have about the same number of people: 282,623 and 295,333 in 2025.
• GDP per person is about the same in Barbados ($28,365 in 2025) and New Caledonia ($29,213 in 2024).
• The economy grew faster in Barbados (2.7% in 2025) than in New Caledonia (-13.5% in 2024), a difference of 16.2 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Barbados (0.8% in 2025) than in New Caledonia (0.6% in 2016), a difference of 0.2 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in New Caledonia (11.2%) than in Barbados (6.5%), a difference of 4.7 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in New Caledonia can expect to live 2.6 years longer than one born in Barbados: 78.9 years against 76.3 years in 2024.
• The population of Barbados is older: half of its people are over 38.9 years, against 33.9 years in New Caledonia in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in New Caledonia (82% in 2017) than in Barbados (70.4% in 2024), a difference of 11.6 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in New Caledonia (17.1 tonnes) are about 6.8 times as high as in Barbados (2.5 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in New Caledonia (48.1%) than in Barbados (14.6%), a difference of 33.5 percentage points in 2024.