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

Health

live 6.3 years longer

In Montserrat, the average life expectancy is 76 years (77 years for men, 75 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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Life

be 61.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Montserrat, approximately 10.4 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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Basic Needs

be 66.4% more likely to have internet access

In Montserrat, approximately 56.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In New Zealand, about 93.5% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 378.4 times more coastline

Montserrat has a total of 40 km of coastline. In New Zealand, that number is 15,134 km.

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Infrastructure

find 47.6% less home broadband

Montserrat has 72.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. New Zealand has 38.0 as of 2024.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2021–2022), World Bank (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

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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