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New Zealand

At a glance

  • New Zealand has a population of about 5.3M; its total GDP of $264.1B ranks #51 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 277,262 km² is about 1.5× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Tourism receipts stands out most against the median: $11B — rank #19 of 165 countries with data.

New Zealand: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 5.3M (2025) #122 / 169 median 11.5M · 46%
Population growth 0.7% (2025) #109 / 169 median 1.1% · 59%
Urban population share 84.0% (2025) #29 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.3×
Population aged 65+ 17.6% (2025) #41 / 169 median 7.4% · 2.4×
Fertility rate 1.6 (2024) #114 / 169 median 2.1 · 75%
Birth rate 11.0‰ (2024) #112 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 69%
Death rate 7.1‰ (2024) #85 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.0×
Net migration 17.4K (2025) #33 / 169 N/A
Surface area 277,262 km² #75 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.5×
Population density derived 19.2/km² (2025) #142 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 26%
Economy
GDP (total) $264.1B (2025) #51 / 168 median $80.7B · 3.3×
GDP per capita $49,591 (2025) #21 / 168 median $6,834 · 7.3×
GNI per capita $46,630 (2025) #21 / 168 median $6,350 · 7.3×
GDP growth (annual) 0.5% (2025) #150 / 168 median 3.1% · 15%
Inflation rate 2.8% (2025) #93 / 162 median 3.3% · 86%
Unemployment rate 5.1% (2025) #87 / 168 median 5.1% · 99%
Gini index N/A N/A N/A
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) N/A N/A N/A
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 24.7% (2024) #111 / 163 median 35.0% · 71%
Imports share of GDP 26.0% (2024) #128 / 163 median 40.2% · 64%
Agriculture share of GDP 4.0% (2023) #106 / 168 median 7.2% · 56%
Manufacturing share of GDP 8.3% (2023) #116 / 165 median 11.2% · 74%
International tourist arrivals 996K (2020) #88 / 162 median 1.1M · 88%
Tourism receipts $11B (2018) #19 / 165 median $705M · 16×
Health & education
Life expectancy 82.0 years (2024) #23 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 4.0‰ (2024) #134 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 31%
Under-five mortality 4.7‰ (2024) #134 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 30%
DPT immunization 89.0% (2024) #94 / 166 median 90.5% · 98%
Hospital beds 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) #68 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.2×
Health spending share of GDP 10.1% (2024) #22 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.5×
Secondary school enrollment 114.2% (2024) #16 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.3×
Education spending share of GDP 5.2% (2023) #44 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.3×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.938 (2023) #15 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.2×
Internet users 93.5% (2024) #29 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 130.1 per 100 (2024) #46 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 38.0 per 100 (2024) #22 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 3.2×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #52 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 6.0 t (2024) #37 / 165 median 2.6 t · 2.3×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 31.8 Mt (2024) #67 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.5×
Renewable electricity share 81.4% (2021) #27 / 169 median 34.1% · 2.4×
Renewable energy consumption 28.9% (2021) #77 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.1×
Forest area 37.8% (2023) #64 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.2×
Agricultural land 36.9% (2023) #96 / 169 median 41.7% · 88%
Arable land 2.0% (2023) #142 / 168 median 11.0% · 18%
PM2.5 exposure 6.9 µg/m³ (2023) #158 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 35%
Military spending 1.2% (2024) #107 / 157 median 1.8% · 66%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

New Zealand's true-shape outline

New Zealand's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 277,262 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).