Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 65.1% less money

Bermuda has a GDP per capita of $142,250 as of 2024, while in New Zealand, the GDP per capita is $49,591 as of 2025.

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Life

have 39.3% more children

In Bermuda, there are approximately 7.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In New Zealand, there are 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 82.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Bermuda, approximately 2.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In New Zealand, on the other hand, 4.0 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.8 times more on education

Bermuda spends 1.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. New Zealand spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 146.9 times more coastline

Bermuda has a total of 103 km of coastline. In New Zealand, that number is 15,134 km.

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Safety

be 76.4% less likely to be murdered

Bermuda has a homicide rate of 6.2 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In New Zealand, that number is 1.5 per 100,000 as of 2022.

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Infrastructure

find 25.8% less home broadband

Bermuda has 51.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. New Zealand has 38.0 as of 2024.

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live with 89.9% more strain on fresh water

Bermuda withdraws 4% of its available fresh water each year as of 2021. New Zealand withdraws 8% as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 45.2% more CO2

Bermuda emits 4.1 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. New Zealand emits 6.0 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

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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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