How have things changed?, per square kilometre in New Caledonia

New Caledonia: How have things changed?, per square kilometre was 0.2756 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.2756 metric tons per square kilometre
Change on year
down 2.9%
World rank
152nd
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.3361 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2004
All-time low
0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre
in 1967
Years of data
59
1965–2023

How have things changed?, per square kilometre in New Caledonia, 1965–2023

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Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per square kilometre.

Analysis

New Caledonia recorded 0.2756 metric tons per square kilometre for how have things changed?, per square kilometre in 2023.

That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, how have things changed?, per square kilometre in New Caledonia peaked at 0.3361 metric tons per square kilometre in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre, in 1967.

That places New Caledonia 152nd out of 215 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.

How have things changed?, per square kilometre in New Caledonia, year by year

Annual values for How have things changed?, per square kilometre in New Caledonia, 1965 to 2023.
Year metric tons per square kilometre Change
1965 0.0547 metric tons per square kilometre —
1966 0.0492 metric tons per square kilometre -10.0%
1967 0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre -44.4%
1968 0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre +0.0%
1969 0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre +0.0%
1970 0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre +0.0%
1971 0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre +0.0%
1972 0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre +0.0%
1973 0.0438 metric tons per square kilometre +60.0%
1974 0.0475 metric tons per square kilometre +8.5%
1975 0.0532 metric tons per square kilometre +12.1%
1976 0.0483 metric tons per square kilometre -9.2%
1977 0.1664 metric tons per square kilometre +244.5%
1978 0.1621 metric tons per square kilometre -2.6%
1979 0.1438 metric tons per square kilometre -11.3%
1980 0.1832 metric tons per square kilometre +27.4%
1981 0.1339 metric tons per square kilometre -26.9%
1982 0.1851 metric tons per square kilometre +38.2%
1983 0.1627 metric tons per square kilometre -12.1%
1984 0.2036 metric tons per square kilometre +25.1%
1985 0.1885 metric tons per square kilometre -7.4%
1986 0.2472 metric tons per square kilometre +31.1%
1987 0.2916 metric tons per square kilometre +18.0%
1988 0.2287 metric tons per square kilometre -21.6%
1989 0.198 metric tons per square kilometre -13.4%
1990 0.304 metric tons per square kilometre +53.6%
1991 0.277 metric tons per square kilometre -8.9%
1992 0.2344 metric tons per square kilometre -15.4%
1993 0.1981 metric tons per square kilometre -15.5%
1994 0.2319 metric tons per square kilometre +17.1%
1995 0.2097 metric tons per square kilometre -9.6%
1996 0.2328 metric tons per square kilometre +11.0%
1997 0.2032 metric tons per square kilometre -12.7%
1998 0.2654 metric tons per square kilometre +30.6%
1999 0.279 metric tons per square kilometre +5.1%
2000 0.2871 metric tons per square kilometre +2.9%
2001 0.295 metric tons per square kilometre +2.8%
2002 0.2941 metric tons per square kilometre -0.3%
2003 0.2919 metric tons per square kilometre -0.7%
2004 0.3361 metric tons per square kilometre +15.1%
2005 0.3282 metric tons per square kilometre -2.3%
2006 0.3117 metric tons per square kilometre -5.0%
2007 0.3079 metric tons per square kilometre -1.2%
2008 0.3296 metric tons per square kilometre +7.1%
2009 0.3165 metric tons per square kilometre -4.0%
2010 0.2872 metric tons per square kilometre -9.2%
2011 0.304 metric tons per square kilometre +5.9%
2012 0.3035 metric tons per square kilometre -0.2%
2013 0.301 metric tons per square kilometre -0.8%
2014 0.323 metric tons per square kilometre +7.3%
2015 0.3244 metric tons per square kilometre +0.4%
2016 0.3007 metric tons per square kilometre -7.3%
2017 0.2831 metric tons per square kilometre -5.8%
2018 0.2609 metric tons per square kilometre -7.9%
2019 0.2873 metric tons per square kilometre +10.1%
2020 0.2641 metric tons per square kilometre -8.1%
2021 0.2606 metric tons per square kilometre -1.3%
2022 0.2838 metric tons per square kilometre +8.9%
2023 0.2756 metric tons per square kilometre -2.9%

New Caledonia compared with similar countries

  • New Caledonia's 0.2756 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.48 metric tons per square kilometre, 19% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
  • New Caledonia's 0.2756 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.99 metric tons per square kilometre, 6% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where How have things changed?, per square kilometre in New Caledonia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1977 +244.5% 0.0483 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1664 metric tons per square kilometre

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.0372 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0547 metric tons per square kilometre 5
1970s 0.0747 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1664 metric tons per square kilometre 10
1980s 0.2022 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1339 metric tons per square kilometre 0.2916 metric tons per square kilometre 10
1990s 0.2436 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1981 metric tons per square kilometre 0.304 metric tons per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.3098 metric tons per square kilometre 0.2871 metric tons per square kilometre 0.3361 metric tons per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.2975 metric tons per square kilometre 0.2609 metric tons per square kilometre 0.3244 metric tons per square kilometre 10
2020s 0.271 metric tons per square kilometre 0.2606 metric tons per square kilometre 0.2838 metric tons per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near New Caledonia

  1. 149 Yemen 0.2861 metric tons per square kilometre compare
  2. 150 Czechia 0.2849 metric tons per square kilometre compare
  3. 151 Venezuela 0.2805 metric tons per square kilometre compare
  4. 153 Zambia 0.269 metric tons per square kilometre compare
  5. 154 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2676 metric tons per square kilometre compare
  6. 155 Guam 0.2616 metric tons per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is how have things changed?, per square kilometre in New Caledonia?
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in New Caledonia was 0.2756 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in New Caledonia?
The highest recorded value was 0.3361 metric tons per square kilometre in 2004.
What is the lowest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in New Caledonia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0274 metric tons per square kilometre in 1967.
How does New Caledonia rank for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
New Caledonia ranks 152nd out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
Is how have things changed?, per square kilometre rising or falling in New Caledonia?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of How have things changed?, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
How have things changed?, per square kilometre
Unit
metric tons per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 11,549 data points, 1965–2023
Last refreshed

How have things changed? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.