International Rankings of New Zealand 2024, 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	16	37.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	63	1.765 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	7	96.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	95	4.896 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	13.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	80	757000	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	47	114.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	120	5.846 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	18	4.80 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	78	13.40 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	46	88.593 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	43	76.694 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	18	1.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	199	14.827 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	43	190.621 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	132	1.41	N/A
Exports	60	54.777 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	56	205.202 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	128	27.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	62	18.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	123	57.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	31	26.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	61	23.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	0.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	103	5.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	112	21.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	49	72.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	69	36 %	1997
Imports	59	62.862 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	164	2.09 %	2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	84	3.94 %	2021
Labor force	110	2.911 million US Dollars	2021
Public debt	114	46.33 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	65	219.839 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	118	3.71 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	39	42900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	72	16.114 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	33	27.50 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	159	4.12 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	117	10.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	106	12.20 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	109	11.40 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	56	5.139 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	61	9.445 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	59	25.760 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	65	40.344 million	2019
Coal - consumption	55	3.001 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	21	1.140 million metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	55	1.090 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	39	3.226 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	13	7.575 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	58	41.170 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	66	9.615 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	82	2.256 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	44	1.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	137	19.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	4	18.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	42	54.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	42	5.30 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	22	186.804 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	61	4.946 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	51	4.771 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	63	31.148 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	48	21600 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	46	99900 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	70	41.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	60	184600 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	78	13400 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	108	1782 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	78	56000 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	67	115100 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	67	34 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	47	34 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	161	9 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	82	43	2018
Land use - arable land	145	2	2018
Land use - forest	97	31	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	31	41	2018
Revenue from forest resources	62	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	34	327.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	59	3.200 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	44	1.180 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	72	500.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	116	0.92	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	29	87	2023
Geography
Area - land	77	264537 sq km	N/A
Area - total	79	268838 sq km	N/A
Area - water	71	4301 sq km	N/A
Coastline	13	15134 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	41	3724 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	89	388 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	50	7000 sq km	2014
Land use - agricultural land	82	43	2018
Land use - arable land	145	2	2018
Land use - forest	97	31	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	31	41	2018
Population Density	201	19.32 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	35	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	44	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	21	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	62	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	30	9 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	23	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	110	12.70 births/1,000 population	2023
Contraceptive prevalence rate	7	79.90 %	1415
Current health expenditure	22	10 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	74	58 %	2023
Death rate	59	6.90 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	43	24.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	114	4.10 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	99	53.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	129	29.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	26	6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	80	0.90 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	156	3.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	155	3.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	157	3.40 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	19	85 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	12	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	14	83 years	2023
Maternal mortality ratio	115	7.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	62	38 years	N/A
Median age - male	55	37 years	N/A
Median age - total	53	38 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	28	28	N/A
Net migration rate	22	4.80 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	21	30.80 %	2016
Physicians density	34	3.62 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	125	5.110 million	2023
Population growth rate	74	1.06 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	25	0.88 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	103	1.86 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	116	0.92	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	29	87	2023
Transportation
Airports	33	202	2024
Heliports	34	62	2024
Merchant marine - total	79	117	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	26	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	199.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	13	15	2020
Railways - narrow gauge	8	4128	2018
Railways - total	29	4128 km	2018
Roadways - paved	22	61600 km	2017
Roadways - total	33	94000 km	2017

*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.

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