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This is a list of New Zealand's international rankings on a range of social, economic and other criteria.
Political and economic rankings
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Ease of Doing Business Index, ranked 1st overall in 2019 out of 185 countries, 1st in the sub-categories of Starting a Business and Getting Credit.
[1]
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Political freedom ratings – Free; political rights and
civil liberties both rated 1 (the highest score available)
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Press freedom – Ranked 8th for press freedom at 1.50.
[2]
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GDP per capita – 29th highest (2016), at
I$36,172
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Human Development Index – 14th highest (2020), at 0.931
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Income Equality – 54th most equal, at 36.2 (
Gini Index)
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Literacy Rate – 10th equal at 99.0%
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Unemployment rate – 48th lowest, at 4.0%.
[3]
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Global Peace Index – 2nd at 1.253
[4]
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Corruption – Least corrupt, at 9.4 on Corruption Perceptions Index
[5]
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Economic Freedom – 4th freest, at 80.6 on
Index of Economic Freedom (2022), and 3rd, at 8.28 on
Economic Freedom of the World index
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Fragile States Index, 172/177, being one of the few "sustainable" states in the world.
[6]
Health rankings
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Fertility rate- 155th most fertile, at 1.79 per woman
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Birth rate – 140th most births, at 13.90 per 1000 people
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Infant mortality – 169th most deaths, at 5.85 per 1000 live births
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Death rate – 123rd highest death rate, at 7.52 per 1000 people
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Life Expectancy – 17th highest, at 81.6 years (2015)
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Suicide Rate – 72nd highest suicide rate, at 14.4 for males and 5.0 for females per 100,000 people (2014)
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HIV/AIDS rate – 133rd highest percentage out of 162 countries, at 0.1%
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Obesity rate – 22nd highest obesity rate out of 191 countries, at 30.8% according to
The World Factbook.
In 2005 the
International Agency for Research on Cancer found New Zealand men and women to have the third highest cancer rates in the world.
[7]
[8]
In 2012, New Zealand had the 12th highest rate of cancer out of the 34 OECD countries.
Other rankings
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CO2 emissions – 50th highest emissions, at 7.8 tonnes per capita
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Electricity Consumption – 48th highest consumption of electricity, at 37,030,000,000 kWh
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Broadband Internet access – 15th highest uptake in
OECD, at 29.5%
[9]
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List of countries by beer consumption per capita – 32nd highest out of 58 countries, at 62.7 litres per capita (2014)
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Environmental Performance Index – Comprising;
Environmental health, air quality,
water resources, biodiversity and habitat, productive
natural resources,
Sustainable energy – 7th out of 80 countries, at 88.9/100
[10]
- Legatum Global Prosperity Index – Ranked most prosperous country in the world (2016)
[11]
- Ease of paying tax – 9th easiest
[12]
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Imprisonment rate – 68th highest out of 217, at 202 prisoners per 100,000 people (2016)
[13]
[14]
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List of countries by intentional homicide rate – 191st out of 218 countries (27th lowest rate)
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Victimisation rate – 3rd highest out of 30, with 21.5% of people aged 16 or more being victims
[15]
[16]
- Top Country Award – Won the honour two years in a row (2007, 2008) from Wanderlust Magazine
[17]
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Good Country Index – Ranked 5th out of 195. Based on the goodness of a nation
[18]
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Better Life Index – Ranked 7th (2016) of the 34 OECD countries based on statistics and perceptions of quality of life
[19]
See also
References
External links