Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Florida instead of New Caledonia, you would:

Economy

be 60.6% less likely to be unemployed

In New Caledonia, 11.2% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Florida, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.

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make 97.3% more money

New Caledonia has a GDP per capita of $29,213 as of 2024, while in Florida, the GDP per capita is $57,636 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 10.2% more likely to have internet access

In New Caledonia, approximately 82.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Florida, about 90.4% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), The World Factbook (2021), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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