Quality of life comparison
If you lived in New Zealand instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:
Health
be 98.6% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Equatorial Guinea, 7.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In New Zealand, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2018.
live 16.4 years longer
In Equatorial Guinea, the average life expectancy is 66 years (64 years for men, 67 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.
be 3.9 times more likely to be obese
In Equatorial Guinea, 8.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In New Zealand, that number is 30.8% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 45.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Equatorial Guinea, 8.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In New Zealand, that number is 4.7% as of 2017.
Life
be 97.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 301.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In New Zealand, 9.0 women do as of 2017.
be 94.1% less likely to die during infancy
In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 59.7 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 58.3% fewer children
In Equatorial Guinea, there are approximately 30.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In New Zealand, there are 12.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
Basic Needs
be 47.3% more likely to have access to electricity
In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 68% of the population has electricity access as of 2016. In New Zealand, 100% of the population do as of 2016.
be 3.5 times more likely to have internet access
In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 26.2% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In New Zealand, about 90.8% do as of 2018.
be 47.9% more likely to have access to improved drinking water
In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 68% of people have improved drinking water access (82% in urban areas, and 32% in rural areas) as of 2017. In New Zealand, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2017.
Geography
see 51.1 times more coastline
Equatorial Guinea has a total of 296 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
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