New Zealand in Profile: 2010
International comparisons with our top five visitor source countries
| |
Unit |
Most common date |
New Zealand |
Australia |
United Kingdom |
United States |
China, PR |
Japan |
| Total population (estimated) |
million |
2009 |
4.32 |
21.26 |
61.11 |
307.21 |
1,338.61 |
127.08 |
| Annual rate of change of population |
% |
2009 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
-0.2 |
| Male life expectancy at birth |
years of life |
2008 |
78.2(1) |
79.3 |
76.5 |
75.7 |
71.6 |
78.8 |
| Female life expectancy at birth |
years of life |
2008 |
82.2(1) |
84.1 |
81.6 |
80.7 |
75.5 |
85.6 |
| % of population aged 65+ years |
% |
2009 |
12.8 |
13.5 |
16.2 |
12.8 |
8.1 |
22.2 |
| % of population aged under 15 years |
% |
2009 |
20.7 |
18.6 |
16.7 |
20.2 |
19.8 |
13.5 |
| CPI change (annual) |
% |
2009 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
| Exchange rate (average)(2) |
national currency unit/US$ |
2008 |
1.40 |
1.18 |
0.55 |
1.00 |
7.70 |
116.52 |
| GDP (annual)(2) |
US$ billion |
2008 |
127 |
1,011 |
2,674 |
14,265 |
4,402 |
4,924 |
| GDP per capita (rounded)(2) |
US$ |
2008 |
29,900 |
47,400 |
43,800 |
46,900 |
3,300 |
38,600 |
| Exports of goods and services |
% of GDP |
2008 |
31.2 |
23.7 |
28.9 |
13.0 |
... |
17.4 |
| Unemployment as % of labour force |
% |
2008 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
4.2(3) |
4.0 |
| Employment as % of working-age population(4) |
% |
2007 |
75.4 |
72.9 |
72.3 |
71.8 |
73.6 |
70.7 | (1) Data from 2006–08 abridged life table. (2) New Zealand data is for the year ended March. All other data is for the year ended June. (3) Urban areas only. (4) Defined by OECD as aged 15–64 years. Symbol: … not available Sources: www.stats.govt.nz; www.cia.gov; www.imf.org; http://stats.oecd.org; www.stat.gouv.qc.ca; http://laborsta.ilo.org |
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