Country profile · East Asia & Pacific · HIC
🇳🇿 New Zealand
High income. Capital Wellington. Upper-third GDP/cap (HIC · PEAK) with 37 official series - peers and ranks below.
- 5.3 million
- Population
- $261.5 billion
- GDP
- $49,432
- GDP / capita
- 82.0 years
- Life expectancy
Upper-third GDP/cap · PEAK
New Zealand ranks 52nd of 217 by total GDP and 35th for life expectancy - a high income economy in East Asia & Pacific.
- #52
- World GDP rank (of 217)
- $49,432
- GDP per capita
- #35
- Life-expectancy rank
- #122
- Population rank
New Zealand clears the upper third of the GDP/cap roster (#32 of 214) under HIC with a PEAK life-expectancy stamp.
New Zealand vs all countries by total GDP
Where this economy's World Bank total GDP sits among every country with a positive observation (inventory signal, not a virtue ranking)
$261,497,198,364 52nd of 214 higher than 162 of 214 countries
Countries banded by World Bank total GDP (current US$)
Each bar is a $0.001K-wide band; taller bars hold more countries. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source World Bank, GDP (current US$) · 2026-08-14
New Zealand on the global income map
New Zealand (NZL) sits in the upper GDP/cap third - plotted with largest peers on GDP per capita × life expectancy (PEAK).
- New Zealand: GDP per capita $49,432 (2024), life expectancy 82.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- India: GDP per capita $2,695 (2024), life expectancy 72.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- China: GDP per capita $13,303 (2024), life expectancy 78.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United States: GDP per capita $84,534 (2024), life expectancy 78.9 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Indonesia: GDP per capita $4,925 (2024), life expectancy 71.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Pakistan: GDP per capita $1,479 (2024), life expectancy 67.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Nigeria: GDP per capita $1,084 (2024), life expectancy 54.6 years (2024), low income.
- Brazil: GDP per capita $10,311 (2024), life expectancy 76.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Bangladesh: GDP per capita $2,593 (2024), life expectancy 74.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Russian Federation: GDP per capita $14,889 (2024), life expectancy 73.4 years (2024), high income.
- Ethiopia: GDP per capita $1,134 (2024), life expectancy 67.6 years (2024), low income.
- Mexico: GDP per capita $14,186 (2024), life expectancy 75.3 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Japan: GDP per capita $32,487 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Egypt, Arab Rep.: GDP per capita $3,338 (2024), life expectancy 71.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Philippines: GDP per capita $3,985 (2024), life expectancy 69.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Congo, Dem. Rep.: GDP per capita $693 (2024), life expectancy 62.1 years (2024), low income.
- Viet Nam: GDP per capita $4,717 (2024), life expectancy 74.7 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Iran, Islamic Rep.: GDP per capita $5,190 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Turkiye: GDP per capita $15,893 (2024), life expectancy 77.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Germany: GDP per capita $56,104 (2024), life expectancy 80.8 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Thailand: GDP per capita $7,387 (2024), life expectancy 76.6 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United Kingdom: GDP per capita $53,246 (2024), life expectancy 81.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Tanzania: GDP per capita $1,193 (2024), life expectancy 67.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- France: GDP per capita $46,103 (2024), life expectancy 83.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- South Africa: GDP per capita $6,267 (2024), life expectancy 66.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Italy: GDP per capita $40,385 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Kenya: GDP per capita $2,133 (2024), life expectancy 63.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Myanmar: GDP per capita $1,359 (2024), life expectancy 67.1 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Colombia: GDP per capita $7,951 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income, OECD member.
- Korea, Rep.: GDP per capita $36,239 (2024), life expectancy 83.6 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Sudan: GDP per capita $985 (2024), life expectancy 66.5 years (2024), low income.
Overview
New Zealand has a population of 5.3 million, making it the 122nd-most populous country out of 217 tracked in East Asia & Pacific.
Its economy totals $261.5 billion - ranked 52nd globally by total GDP. GDP per capita stands at $49,432, placing it in the High income category.
Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years (ranked 35th globally), reflecting overall health outcomes as measured by the World Bank.
The capital is Wellington.
👥 Demographics
💰 Economy
🏥 Health
📚 Education
🌍 Environment
🏗️ Infrastructure
⚖️ Social
🌐 Livability Score
One composite verdict from 5 of 5 World Bank series (life expectancy, under-5 mortality, electricity access, clean-water access, homicide rate), each benchmarked against every country tracking that series. A missing series never silently drags the score down: its weight redistributes across the series New Zealand does report.
All indicators for New Zealand
37 latest observations from World Bank WDI, WHO GHO, and ILO ILOSTAT (vintage through 2026-08-14). Values match the topic cards above; this table is the machine-readable export view analysts expect on a country profile.
🏥 Healthcare System
New Zealand vs OECD average across 9 key health indicators. See full OECD rankings →
Source: OECD Health Statistics 2025. OECD averages calculated across all reporting member countries. Data years vary by indicator.
🛣️ Road Safety
Fatality rates from OECD ITF; vulnerable road-user shares from WHO (where reported).
Sources: OECD ITF Transport Safety Indicators and WHO GHO road-user distribution (RS_246). Coverage: ~40 IRTAD member countries. Data years vary by country and source. Lower fatality rates indicate safer roads.
🌐 OECD Member Indicators
New Zealand is one of 38 OECD member countries. Economic, labor, and inequality statistics from the OECD.
Sources: OECD.Stat (labor, inequality) and World Bank (GDP PPP). Data years vary by indicator.
🫀 Disease Burden
Among external causes, New Zealand stamps a suicide rate of 25.1 per 100,000 (fleet midpoint 23.3) - higher relative to peers than its NCD strip. Summary metrics use 2021 data; cause-specific cards show their own observation year.
Non-communicable Diseases
Injuries & External Causes
Sources: WHO Global Health Observatory. NCD mortality rate: 2021. Rates are age-standardized per 100,000 population. Premature NCD risk covers cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.
Compare New Zealand with near GDP/cap peers
Side-by-side pages for the closest ABS GDP/cap neighbours - not a full-roster dropdown.
Read with New Zealand
Nearest GDP/cap peers and LE poles for New Zealand (HIC · PEAK), replacing the old fixed guide and region clone strip.
HIC PEAK
Andorra · HIC
Andorra GDP/cap $49,357 is lower by $75 than New Zealand; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
United Arab Emirates · HIC
United Arab Emirates GDP/cap $50,274 is higher by $841 than New Zealand; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
France · HIC
France GDP/cap $46,103 is lower by $3,329 than New Zealand; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
Finland · HIC
Finland GDP/cap $53,156 is higher by $3,723 than New Zealand; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
East Asia & Pacific WDI roster
New Zealand stamps HIC · PEAK inside East Asia & Pacific - open the region roster after the ABS peers.
GDP/cap leaderboard (#32)
New Zealand ranks #32 of 214 on NY.GDP.PCAP.CD under the HIC Atlas band.
What the data says about New Zealand
Every figure on this profile comes from a specific measurement methodology, and OECD member states like New Zealand generally report the most complete and harmonized statistical series in this dataset: standardized definitions and cross-agency reconciliation between the World Bank, OECD, and WHO reduce, though never eliminate, the gaps that show up elsewhere. With a comparatively small population, New Zealand's national totals can move sharply on the back of a handful of large transactions or a single policy change, so year-over-year swings deserve more scrutiny here than they would in a larger economy. Reading several indicators side by side, rather than anchoring on one number, is the more reliable way to build a grounded picture of how people in New Zealand actually live, work, and age.
New Zealand clears the upper third of the GDP/cap roster (#32 of 214) under HIC with a PEAK life-expectancy stamp.
In East Asia & Pacific, New Zealand's 5.3 million residents produce $261.5 billion of GDP (52nd worldwide) at $49,432 per person. Life expectancy 82.0 years (35th) stamps PEAK. The 37-series panel below is the working surface - not a restated national brochure.
Nearest ABS GDP/cap peer: Andorra at $49,357 (Δ $75). Open that profile or the GDP/cap leaderboard before treating any single year as destiny.
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Figures above are sourced from World Bank, WHO, and ILO (OECD where applicable) as cited below; always verify against the primary source before citing a specific number.
Source: World Bank Open Data, Source: WHO Global Health Observatory, Source: ILO ILOSTAT, Source: OECD Health Statistics 2025, and Sources: OECD ITF / WHO GHO. World Bank and ILO data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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