Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in New Zealand instead of Saint Martin, you would:

Health

live 1.6 years longer

In Saint Martin, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024. 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 40.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Saint Martin, approximately 6.7 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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have 26.7% fewer children

In Saint Martin, there are approximately 15.0 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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Basic Needs

be 92.8% more likely to have internet access

In Saint Martin, approximately 48.5% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In New Zealand, about 93.5% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 256.9 times more coastline

Saint Martin has a total of 59 km of coastline. In New Zealand, that number is 15,134 km.

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

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Saint Martin is about 4,942 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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