Quality of life comparison
If you lived in New Zealand instead of Malta, you would:
Economy
be 5.3 times more likely to be unemployed
In Malta, 0.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In New Zealand, that number is 4.1% as of 2019.
Life
be 24.1% less likely to die during infancy
In Malta, approximately 4.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In New Zealand, on the other hand, 3.4 children do as of 2022.
have 31.3% more children
In Malta, there are approximately 9.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In New Zealand, there are 12.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 50.0% more likely to die during childbirth
In Malta, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In New Zealand, 9.0 women do as of 2017.
Expenditures
spend 27.7% more on education
Malta spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. New Zealand spends 6.0% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 18.3% more on healthcare
Malta spends 8.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In New Zealand, that number is 9.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 76.9 times more coastline
Malta has a total of 197 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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