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General Information

Region		Oceania
Population (000, 2024)		5 214^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		19.7^a,b
Capital city		Wellington
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		413^d
UN membership date		24 October 1945
Surface area (km2)		268 107^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.8^a,b
National currency		New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.6^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	178 064	212 401	245 845^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.2	~0.0	2.9^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	38 789.0	41 967.1	47 412.1^c
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	4.9	6.2	6.2^c
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	23.1	21.5	21.4^c
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	72	72.3	72.3^c
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	6.1	6	6^c
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	22	20.4	20.8^c
Employment in services^j (% employed)	71.9	73.6	73.2^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	5.4	4.6	4.1^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	63.4 / 74.5	65.2 / 75.5	66.8 / 76.5^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	108	116	137^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	103	100^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	34 357	38 290	42 170^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	36 528	36 546	50 469^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 171	1 744	- 8 298^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 4 663	- 2 401	- 16 982^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	2.1	1.3	0.8^a
Urban population (% of total population)	86.3	86.6^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.1^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	2	1.6	1.7^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	83.2 / 79.9	84.5 / 80.8	83.9 / 80.6^a
Population age distribution^b,m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	19.9 / 20.0	19.0 / 21.3	18.1 / 23.3^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 039.7 / 22.5	1 381.7 / 28.7	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	1.6	2.3	2.7^e
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	5.1	4.4	4.7^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	9.3	10.1	10ⁿ
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3	3.4	3.6^c
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	6.3	5.2^d	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.5 / 98.6	97.7 / 97.4	98.1 / 97.8ⁿ
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.8 / 102.3	102.7 / 102.7	102.2 / 102.6ⁿ
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	138.8 / 123.9	144.9 / 129.0	146.8 / 132.1ⁿ
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1	1	1.1ⁿ
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	31.4	40.8^o	45.5^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^j (per 100 inhabitants)	85.2	95.2	95.7^c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	1.2	1.4^p,d	1.5ⁿ
Threatened species (number)	197	261	266^e
Forested area (% of land area)	37.4	37.6	37.6ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	32.3 / 7.0	31.0 / 6.1	31.8 / 6.2ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	790	727	705ⁿ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	210	185	184ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	3 039	948	1 389^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	46.2	46.2	46.2^e
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^q (% of GNI)	0.37	0.34	0.31^c

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for New Zealand do not include Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau.
c		2022
d		2019
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		2021
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		Provisional data.
q		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).