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

Health

live 1.0 years longer

In Germany, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In New Zealand, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.

be 38.1% more likely to be obese

In Germany, 22.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In New Zealand, that number is 30.8% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 17.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Germany, 5.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In New Zealand, that number is 4.1% as of 2019.

pay a 30.5% lower top tax rate

Germany has a top tax rate of 47.5% as of 2016. In New Zealand, the top tax rate is 33.0% as of 2016.

make 16.7% less money

Germany has a GDP per capita of $50,900 as of 2020, while in New Zealand, the GDP per capita is $42,400 as of 2020.

Life

have 40.7% more children

In Germany, there are approximately 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In New Zealand, there are 12.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 28.6% more likely to die during childbirth

In Germany, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In New Zealand, 9.0 women do as of 2017.

Expenditures

spend 17.1% less on healthcare

Germany spends 11.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In New Zealand, that number is 9.7% of GDP as of 2019.

spend 20.0% more on education

Germany spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. New Zealand spends 6.0% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 6.3 times more coastline

Germany has a total of 2,389 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, Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt), New Zealand Inland Revenue Department.

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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