Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Bahamas, you would:

Health

be 94.4% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Bahamas, 1.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In New Zealand, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2018.

live 8.8 years longer

In Bahamas, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2020. In New Zealand, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2020.

Economy

make 20.4% more money

Bahamas has a GDP per capita of $32,400 as of 2017, while in New Zealand, the GDP per capita is $39,000 as of 2017.

be 53.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Bahamas, 10.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In New Zealand, that number is 4.7% as of 2017.

Life

be 87.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Bahamas, approximately 70.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In New Zealand, 9.0 women do as of 2017.

be 67.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Bahamas, approximately 10.6 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In New Zealand, on the other hand, 3.5 children do as of 2020.

have 13.5% fewer children

In Bahamas, there are approximately 14.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In New Zealand, there are 12.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.

Geography

see 4.3 times more coastline

Bahamas has a total of 3,542 km of coastline. In New Zealand, that number is 15,134 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

New Zealand: At a glance

New Zealand (sometimes abbreviated NZ) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 264,537 sq km. The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. That same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both world wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances.
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