International Rankings of New Zealand 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of New Zealand, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of New Zealand, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	30	34	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	62	1.647 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	27	90.81 %	2018
Internet users - total	92	4.341 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	34	37.11	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	59	1.802 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	48	134.93	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	110	6.551 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	43	70.970 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	42	74.110 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	18	1.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	19	71.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	1	86.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	1	100	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	42	84.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	55	205.202 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	124	27 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	62	18.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	121	57.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	31	26.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	60	23.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	52	0.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	103	5.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	111	21.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	45	72.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	69	1.8 %	2017
Labor force	110	2.709 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	106	6.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	63	20.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	40	72.7 %	2017
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	66	210.877 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	28	42888 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	51	36.8 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	69	37.750 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	48	26440	2017
Crude oil - imports	43	108900	2017
Crude oil - production	62	24000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	70	51.800 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	56	39.500 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	69	23	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	21	58	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	21	20	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	64	9.301 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	56	42.530 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	57	5.182 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	52	5.097 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	65	33.700 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	62	169100	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	106	1782 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	77	56000 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	65	115100 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	67	34.38 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	47	34.3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	185	5.73 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	80	43.2	2018
Land use - arable land	141	1.8	2018
Land use - forest	95	31.4	2018
Land use - other	98	25.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	31	41.1	2018
Revenue from coal	28	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	60	0.5 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	32	327.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	61	3.207 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	46	1.184 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	56	810.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	115	0.92	2025
Urbanization - urban population	30	86.8	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	77	264537 sq km	0
Area - total	77	268838 sq km	0
Area - water	142	4301 sq km	0
Coastline	12	15134 km	0
Elevation - highest point	38	372 meters	437.641 trillion	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	88	388 meters	0
Irrigated land	50	7210 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	80	43.2	2018
Land use - arable land	141	1.8	2018
Land use - forest	95	31.4	2018
Land use - other	98	25.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	31	41.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	32	327.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	135	12.92 %	8132
Age structure - 25-54 years	111	39.98 %	2566
Age structure - 55-64 years	66	11.93 %	1692
Birth rate	133	12.83 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	9	79.9 %	1415
Current Health Expenditure	21	9.2 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	108	6.91 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	31	25.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	107	3.9 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	78	55.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	115	30.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	17	6.3 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	97	3600	2020
Hospital bed density	42	2.7 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	183	3.29 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	192	3.69 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	187	3.5 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	26	84.19 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	14	80.57 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	21	82.33 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	106	9	2017
Median age - female	55	37.9 years	2020
Median age - male	49	36.4 years	0
Median age - total	49	37.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	23	27.8	2009
Net migration rate	13	6.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	21	30.8 %	2016
Physicians density	29	3.59 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	123	4.991 million	2021
Population growth rate	71	1.28 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	2	20 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	3	18 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	3	19 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	23	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	27	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.88 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	97	1.87 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	97	11.5	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	85	11.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	91	11.3	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	115	0.92	2025
Urbanization - urban population	30	86.8	2021
Transportation
Airports	46	123	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	32	12	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	24	23	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	43	39	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	29	33	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	35	84	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	34	48	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	121	1.349 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	38	17.249 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	31	199	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	13	15	2020
Railways - total	45	4128 km	2018
Roadways - paved	37	61600 km	199
Roadways - total	43	94000 km	2017
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding New Zealand on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Zealand 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Zealand 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.