Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 0.9 years longer

In Taiwan, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 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

have 51.1% more children

In Taiwan, there are approximately 7.3 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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Geography

see 9.7 times more coastline

Taiwan has a total of 1,566 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). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
New Zealand is 57.9% more expensive than Taiwan overall
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Taiwan is about 7 times smaller than New Zealand.
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891 people moved from Taiwan to 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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