International rankings of New Zealand
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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]
- Political freedom ratings – Free; political rights and civil liberties both rated 1 (the highest score available)
- Press freedom – Ranked 8th for press freedom at 1.50.[2]
- GDP per capita – 29th highest (2016), at I$36,172
- Human Development Index – 14th highest (2020), at 0.931
- Income Equality – 54th most equal, at 36.2 (Gini Index)
- Literacy Rate – 10th equal at 99.0%
- Unemployment rate – 48th lowest, at 4.0%.[3]
- Global Peace Index – 2nd at 1.253[4]
- Corruption – Least corrupt, at 9.4 on Corruption Perceptions Index[5]
- 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
- Fragile States Index, 172/177, being one of the few "sustainable" states in the world.[6]
- World Intellectual Property Organization: Global Innovation Index 2024, ranked 25 out of 133 countries[7]
Health rankings
[edit]- Fertility rate- 155th most fertile, at 1.79 per woman
- Birth rate – 140th most births, at 13.90 per 1000 people
- Infant mortality – 169th most deaths, at 5.85 per 1000 live births
- Birth rate – 140th most births, at 13.90 per 1000 people
- Death rate – 123rd highest death rate, at 7.52 per 1000 people
- Life Expectancy – 17th highest, at 81.6 years (2015)
- Suicide Rate – 72nd highest suicide rate, at 14.4 for males and 5.0 for females per 100,000 people (2014)
- HIV/AIDS rate – 133rd highest percentage out of 162 countries, at 0.1%
- 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.[8][9]
In 2012, New Zealand had the 12th highest rate of cancer out of the 34 OECD countries.
Other rankings
[edit]- CO2 emissions – 50th highest emissions, at 7.8 tonnes per capita
- Electricity Consumption – 48th highest consumption of electricity, at 37,030,000,000 kWh
- Broadband Internet access – 15th highest uptake in OECD, at 29.5%[10]
- List of countries by beer consumption per capita – 32nd highest out of 58 countries, at 62.7 litres per capita (2014)
- 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[11]
- Legatum Global Prosperity Index – Ranked most prosperous country in the world (2016)[12]
- Ease of paying tax – 9th easiest[13]
- Imprisonment rate – 68th highest out of 217, at 202 prisoners per 100,000 people (2016)[14][15]
- List of countries by intentional homicide rate – 191st out of 218 countries (27th lowest rate)
- Victimisation rate – 3rd highest out of 30, with 21.5% of people aged 16 or more being victims[16][17]
- Top Country Award – Won the honour two years in a row (2007, 2008) from Wanderlust Magazine[18]
- Good Country Index – Ranked 5th out of 195. Based on the goodness of a nation[19]
- Better Life Index – Ranked 7th (2016) of the 34 OECD countries based on statistics and perceptions of quality of life[20]
See also
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[edit]- ^ "Rankings". World Bank. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Press Freedom Index 2010". Reporters Without Borders. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ "CIA World Factbook". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007.
- ^ Global Peace Index Rankings
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2009". Transparency International. 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ "The Failed States Index 2011 Interactive Grid". The Fund for Peace. 2011.
- ^ World Intellectual Property Organization (2024). "Global Innovation Index 2024: Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship". www.wipo.int. p. 18. doi:10.34667/tind.50062. ISBN 978-92-805-3681-2. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Levy, Danya (28 April 2005). "NZ third worst in world cancer table". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ Cancer in New Zealand: Trends and Projections
- ^ "OECD Broadband Benchmarking results - June 2013". Chorus New Zealand. Chorus New Zealand. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ The Economist. Pocket World in Figures, 2007 Edition. Profile Books Ltd. ISBN 1-86197-825-1
- ^ "Rankings".
- ^ Paying Taxes 2008 – The Global Picture, World Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
- ^ "New Zealand Prison Stats Show New Zealanders Among The Most Imprisoned". LawFuel.co.nz. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
- ^ "Entire world – Prison Population Rates per 100,000 of the national population". World Prison Brief. International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College London. Archived from the original on 5 November 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
- ^ "NZ among worst countries for crime". Stuff. New Zealand. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
- ^ van Dijk, Jan; van Kesteren, John; Smit, Paul (2007). Criminal Victimisation in International Perspective – Key findings from the 2004–2005 ICVS and EU ICS (PDF). Den Haag: Boom Juridische Uitgevers. ISBN 978-90-5454-965-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
- ^ New Zealand Wins Top Country Award
- ^ "New Zealand — The Good Country Index". www.goodcountry.org. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014.
- ^ "OECD Better Life Index".
External links
[edit]- Bryant, Nick (15 May 2010). "Why New Zealand is a lifestyle superpower". BBC News.