International rankings of New Zealand

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

Political and economic rankings

New Zealand is one of the least corrupt countries, according to Transparency International

World map of the Global Peace Index. Countries appearing more blue are ranked as more peaceful on the Index, countries appearing more red are ranked as less peaceful.

Map of countries by 2008 Economic Freedom of the World, published by the Fraser Institute

Ease Of Doing Business Index, ranked 3rd overall in 2013 out of 185 countries, 1st in the sub-categories of Starting a Business and Protecting Investors.^[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 – 32nd highest, at I$27,217

Human Development Index – 3rd highest, at 0.933

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 – 4th at 1.221^[4]

Corruption – Least corrupt, at 9.4 on Corruption Perceptions Index^[5]

Economic Freedom – 4th freest, at 82.1 on Index of Economic Freedom, and 3rd, at 8.28 on Economic Freedom of the World index

Failed 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 – 13th highest, at 80.2 years

Suicide Rate – 37th highest suicide rate, at 19.8 for males and 4.2 for females per 100,000 people

HIV/AIDS rate – 133rd most cases, at 0.10%

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]

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]
• Beer consumption – 16th highest, at 77.0 litres per capita
• 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]
• Global Prosperity Index – 5th country in overall^[11][12]
• Ease of paying tax – 9th easiest^[13]
• Imprisonment rate – 59th highest out of 217, at 197 prisoners per 100,000 people (2007)^[14][15]
• Victimisation rate – 3rd highest out of 30, with 21.5% of people aged 16 or more being victims^[14][16]
• Top Country Award – New Zealand has won the honor two years in a row (2007, 2008) by Wanderlust Magazine^[17]
• Good Country Index - Ranked 5th out of 195. Based on the Goodness of a nation^[18]

See also

• List of international rankings

References

1. url=http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings
2. "Press Freedom Index 2010". Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
3. "CIA World Factbook".
4. Global Peace Index Rankings
5. "Corruption Perceptions Index 2009". Transparency International. 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
6. "The Failed States Index 2011 Interactive Grid". The Fund for Peace. 2011.
7. Levy, Danya (28 April 2005). "NZ third worst in world cancer table". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
8. Cancer in New Zealand: Trends and Projections
9. "OECD Broadband Benchmarking results - June 2013". Chorus New Zealand. Chorus New Zealand. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
10. The Economist. Pocket World in Figures, 2007 Edition. Profile Books Ltd. ISBN 1-86197-825-1
11. "Kiwis world's most satisfied". National Business Review. 5 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
12. "The 2007 Legatum Prosperity Index". LIGD. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
13. Paying Taxes 2008 – The Global Picture, World Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
14. "New Zealand Prison Stats Show New Zealanders Among The Most Imprisoned". LawFuel.co.nz. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
15. "Entire world – Prison Population Rates per 100,000 of the national population". World Prison Brief. International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College London. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
16. 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. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
17. New Zealand Wins Top Country Award
18. http://www.goodcountry.org/country/NZL

External links

• Bryant, Nick (15 May 2010). "Why New Zealand is a lifestyle superpower". BBC News.
• A report card of New Zealand’s social, economic and environmental wellbeing at the New Zealand Institute