New Zealand
Country in Oceania
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 5.3M (2025). World rank 124 of 216; in Oceania, 3 of 19. Area: 270,467 km². World rank 77 of 249; in Oceania, 3 of 27. GDP per person: $49,591 (2025). World rank 32 of 210 (1 = best); in Oceania, 2 of 19. From 2015 to 2025: population 4.6M → 5.3M, GDP $178.1B → $264.1B, and GDP per person $38,649 → $49,591.
State
- Official name
- New Zealand
- Local name
- New Zealand
- Capital
- Wellington
- Region
- Oceania
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Charles III
- Head of government
- Christopher Luxon
- Independence
- September 26, 1907
- Women in parliament
- 45.5% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 5,324,700 2025
- Area
- 270,467 km²
- GDP
- $264.1B 2025
- GDP per person
- $49,591 2025
- Life expectancy
- 82 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language
- Currency
- New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
- Time zones
- UTC+13, UTC+13:45
- Calling code
- +64
- Emergency numbers
- 111
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- I
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 15,134
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 36.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Aoraki / Mount Cook, 3,724 m
- Lowest point
- Pacific Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 388
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 13
- Warmest month in the capital
- February, 17°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 10°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,732 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 19.7 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.7% 2025
- Living in cities
- 84% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +17.4K 2025
- Born in another country
- 28.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 17.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 64.5% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 17.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 83.7 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 80.4 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 11 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.1 2024
Society
- Religions
- no religion 48.6%, Christian 37.3%, other 2.9%, Hindu 2.7%, and Buddhist 1.1% (2018)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 85.9 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 86.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 90.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 87.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 87.3 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $57,350 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +0.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $46,630 2025
- Inflation
- +2.8% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 85 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 4% 2023
- Industry, share of GDP
- 19.4% 2023
- Services, share of GDP
- 68.2% 2023
- Unemployment
- 5.1% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 14.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 66.1% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 24.7% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 26% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -3.5% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.3% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2022
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 29.5% 2024
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 96.7% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 114% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 77.2% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.2% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 10.1% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $5,022 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 12.7% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.6 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 12.3 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.5 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 89% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 4 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 4.7 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 7 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 6.7% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 67.4% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 9.3% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 100% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.5 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 9.6 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 11.9 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 86.3 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, and avalanches
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 6.9 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 14.7 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 38.9% 2024
- Protected areas
- 30.6% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 64,349 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 8.1% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 93.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 130 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 38.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .nz
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 7,910 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 28.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 81.5% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 12% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 15,033,155 2023
- Airports
- 206 2025
- Railways, km
- 4,128 2018
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.6% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 5,435 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 8,096 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 278 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 13% 2024