International rankings of New Zealand explained

This is a list of New Zealand's international rankings on a range of social, economic and other criteria.

Political and economic rankings

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]

Health rankings

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

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.^{[7] [8]}

In 2012, New Zealand had the 12th highest rate of cancer out of the 34 OECD countries.

Other rankings

• 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%^[9]
• 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^[10]
• Legatum Global Prosperity Index – Ranked most prosperous country in the world (2016)^[11]
• Ease of paying tax – 9th easiest^[12]
• Imprisonment rate – 68th highest out of 217, at 202 prisoners per 100,000 people (2016)^{[13] [14]}
• 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^{[15] [16]}
• Top Country Award – Won the honour two years in a row (2007, 2008) from Wanderlust Magazine^[17]
• Good Country Index – Ranked 5th out of 195. Based on the goodness of a nation^[18]
• Better Life Index – Ranked 7th (2016) of the 34 OECD countries based on statistics and perceptions of quality of life^[19]

See also

• List of international rankings

External links

• News: Bryant . Nick . Why New Zealand is a lifestyle superpower . BBC News. 15 May 2010.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings. 2020-08-18. World Bank. en.
2. Web site: Press Freedom Index 2010 . . 5 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124050702/http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2010%2C1034.html . 24 November 2010 .
3. Web site: CIA World Factbook. https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004936/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2129rank.html. dead. 13 June 2007.
4. http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/indexes/global-peace-index Global Peace Index Rankings
5. Web site: Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. Transparency International. 2009. 2009-02-12.
6. Web site: The Failed States Index 2011 Interactive Grid. The Fund for Peace. 2011.
7. News: NZ third worst in world cancer table . Levy, Danya . 28 April 2005 . . . 4 October 2011.
8. http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/49ba80c00757b8804c256673001d47d0/8e1d731682cab3d9cc256c7e00764a23?OpenDocument Cancer in New Zealand: Trends and Projections
9. Web site: OECD Broadband Benchmarking results - June 2013. Chorus New Zealand. Chorus New Zealand. 8 July 2014.
10. The Economist. Pocket World in Figures, 2007 Edition. Profile Books Ltd.
11. Web site: Rankings .
12. http://www.doingbusiness.org/features/taxes2008.aspx Paying Taxes 2008 – The Global Picture
13. News: New Zealand Prison Stats Show New Zealanders Among The Most Imprisoned . LawFuel.co.nz . 28 April 2008 . 2008-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100513181404/http://www.lawfuel.co.nz/news/article.asp?NewsID=208 . 13 May 2010 . dead .
14. Web site: Entire world – Prison Population Rates per 100,000 of the national population . World Prison Brief . International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College London . 2008-04-29 . 5 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091105090952/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php?area=all&category=wb_poprate . dead .
15. News: NZ among worst countries for crime . Stuff . New Zealand . 20 March 2008 . 2008-04-29.
16. Book: Criminal Victimisation in International Perspective – Key findings from the 2004–2005 ICVS and EU ICS . van Dijk, Jan . van Kesteren, John . Smit, Paul . 978-90-5454-965-9 . 2008-04-29 . 2007 . Boom Juridische Uitgevers . Den Haag . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081219195658/http://www.unicri.it/wwd/analysis/icvs/pdf_files/ICVS2004_05report.pdf . 19 December 2008 .
17. https://web.archive.org/web/20120207203004/http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/press-releases/2008/2/08_feb_4_nature_nzwinstopcountry_pressrelease.cfm New Zealand Wins Top Country Award
18. Web site: New Zealand — The Good Country Index . www.goodcountry.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702092027/http://www.goodcountry.org/country/NZL . 2014-07-02.
19. Web site: OECD Better Life Index .