Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 1.2 years less

In Guernsey, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2022. In New Zealand, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 15.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Guernsey, 6.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2023. In New Zealand, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.

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Life

have 13.7% more children

In Guernsey, there are approximately 9.7 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 19.0% more likely to die during infancy

In Guernsey, approximately 3.4 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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Geography

see 302.7 times more coastline

Guernsey has a total of 50 km of coastline. In New Zealand, that number is 15,134 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2022–2024), World Bank (2024–2025). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
New Zealand is 32.4% cheaper than Guernsey overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Guernsey is about 3,447 times smaller than New Zealand.
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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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