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New Zealand
East Asia & Pacific · High income · capital Wellington
Reports 17 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old82.0years
Ranks 35 of 217 in 2024
10% above world median · 12% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old4.7per 1,000 live births
Ranks 36 of 196 in 2024
69% below world median · 73% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old7per 100,000 live births
Ranks 34 of 194 in 2023
85% below world median · 91% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Health spending
2024 · 2 years old10.06% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
4% above world median
Medians computed across 22 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.57births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
17% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old96.7% gross
Ranks 92 of 134 in 2024
3% below world median · 3% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old5.21% of GDP
Ranks 25 of 121 in 2023
42% above world median · 40% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old49,591current US$
Ranks 23 of 186 in 2025
5.3× above world median · 6.5× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old57,350international $
Ranks 35 of 185 in 2025
1.8× above world median · 2.5× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old5.1% of labour force
Ranks 91 of 182 in 2025
about the same world median · 67% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old2.8% per year
Not ranked — no better end
7% below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old1.19% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
25% below world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 148 in 2024
24% above world median · 60% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old93.5% of population
Ranks 39 of 182 in 2024
14% above world median · 10% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old6.01t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
1.4× above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old5.3mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
19% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
New Zealand has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Child stunting, Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.