Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Hawaii instead of New Caledonia, you would:
Economy
be 80.3% less likely to be unemployed
In New Caledonia, 11.2% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Hawaii, that number is 2.2% as of 2025.
make 2.2 times more money
New Caledonia has a GDP per capita of $29,213 as of 2024, while in Hawaii, the GDP per capita is $64,124 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 11.2% more likely to have internet access
In New Caledonia, approximately 82.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Hawaii, about 91.2% do as of 2023.
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
