Guam vs New Caledonia

Guam and New Caledonia compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• New Caledonia has about 1.7 times as many people as Guam: 295,333 against 168,999 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Guam ($41,833 in 2022) is 43% higher than in New Caledonia ($29,213 in 2024).
• The economy grew faster in Guam (5.1% in 2022) than in New Caledonia (-13.5% in 2024), a difference of 18.6 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in New Caledonia (11.2%) than in Guam (5.6%), a difference of 5.6 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in New Caledonia can expect to live 1.5 years longer than one born in Guam: 78.9 years against 77.4 years in 2024.
• The population of New Caledonia is older: half of its people are over 33.9 years, against 31.1 years in Guam in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in New Caledonia (82%) than in Guam (80.5%), a difference of 1.5 percentage points in 2017.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Guam (52.3%) than in New Caledonia (48.1%), a difference of 4.2 percentage points in 2024.