New Zealand

Population

Richest people

2023: More than $4 million - the threshold for entering the number of the 1% richest people in the country

According to data published in February 2024

Poverty

2023: Average homeless rate - 13 people per 10,000 population

Mortality

Traffic safety

The number of deaths on the roads per 100 thousand vehicles. Data for 2018

Drug deaths

Countries with the most drug-related deaths per million people aged 15 to 64.

Number of deaths from opioid use disorders per 100,000 people (2016)

Passport

  The first New Zealand passport was issued in 1905 to the personal needs of a family that was leaving New Zealand for Scotland for the centenary of a relative. The passport was personally signed by the governor.

Serial production of passports began in 1915 after Great Britain.

In November 2009, the Interior Department released a new version of the biometric passport. The design was developed and produced by a Canadian private company. The new passport cost the New Zealand government USD 100 million over five years. The text in the passport is printed in two languages: English  and Maori.

New Zealand also has a temporary passport for emergencies. Due to the remoteness of the country and the inability to quickly end up in New Zealand, you can request a temporary passport, which is valid for a year and costs NZD 350 for 2020.

The Henley & Partners Passport Index ranks New Zealand's passport 7th with visa-free access to 185 countries worldwide.

Parliament

2023: Proportion of women in Parliament - 50%

Data for September 2023

Economy

GDP

2022: GDP size - $0.25 trillion

Countries by GDP size in 2022

Labour market

2022: Proportion of workers aged 65 or over - above 25%

Data for 2022

Unemployment

2020: Unemployment rate - 6%

Countries around the world in terms of unemployment in 2020

Incomes of the population

2023: Minimum wage - $1,866

Minimum wage in countries of the world for January 2023

Alcohol market

Minimum age to purchase alcoholic beverages

Data for 2018

Agriculture

2022: Low level of state support for agriculture

The size of state support for the country's agriculture to its GDP

2021: Share of farmland - 40%

Доля agricultural land from the total area of ​ ​ the countries of the world, 2021

2019: Average use of pesticides in agriculture

As of 2019

Tourism

2019: How much New Zealand is dependent on tourism:% of industry in GDP

Which countries are most dependent on tourism,% of the industry in GDP, 2019

Real estate

2023: Lower property prices at the beginning of the year

As of April 2023

2022: Property value to family income ratio in Oakland

Ratio of real estate value to average household income in cities in Q3 2022

2021: Rapid growth in residential property construction

Dynamics of residential real estate construction in some countries from 2016 to 2021

2020: 18.6% rise in property prices

Leading countries in terms of real estate price growth in 2020

R&D

2020: R&D spending - $1.9 billion

R&D expenses as of 2020

Foreign trade

2022: China is the biggest export destination

According to data available for August 2023.

2015: Top ten global apple exporters with 6.1% share

Data for 2015

Consumption

Meat

2023: Fish consumption is higher than meat consumption

The most consumed type of meat (including fish and seafood) according to data available for June 2023.

Banking system

• Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Automobile traffic

New Zealand is a left-handed country.

Data for 2017

Health care

2020: Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave 6 months or more

Data as of September 1, 2020

Education

Education costs

Доля затрат на education GDP from countries in 2017. Blue: primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education. Blue: higher (tertiary) education

History

2022: New Zealand banned for life from selling cigarettes to people born after 2008

On December 13, 2022, it became known that New Zealand passed a strict law aimed at preventing smoking among minors: in particular, a lifetime ban is introduced on the sale of tobacco products to everyone who was born after 2008. Read more here.

1950

A smoke break at a bridge construction site in New Zealand Auckland, 1950

1900

Rabbit hunting, New Zealand, 1900

1860: British Officer's "Collection" of Māori Heads

Mokomokai are the dried heads of Maori (native to New Zealand).

Major General Horatio Gordon Robley was a British officer who served in New Zealand in the 1860s. He collected a "collection" of 35-40 heads from New Zealanders.

Fauna

2020: Shark attack statistics

Data for the period from 1580 to 2020