New Zealand in Profile: 2012
International comparisons with our top five visitor source countries
|
Subject
|
Unit |
Most common date |
New Zealand |
Australia |
United Kingdom |
United States |
China, PR |
Japan |
| Total population (estimated) |
Million |
2011 |
4.41 |
21.77 |
62.70 |
313.23 |
1,336.72 |
126.48 |
| Annual rate of population change |
Percent |
2011 |
1.03 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
-0.3 |
| Male life expectancy at birth(1) |
Years of life |
2011 |
78.8 |
79.4 |
78.0 |
75.9 |
72.7 |
79.0 |
| Female life expectancy at birth(1) |
Years of life |
2011 |
82.7 |
84.4 |
82.2 |
80.9 |
76.9 |
85.7 |
| % of population aged 65+ years |
Percent |
2011 |
13.3 |
14.0 |
16.5 |
13.1 |
8.9 |
22.9 |
| % of population aged under 15 years |
Percent |
2011 |
20.3 |
18.3 |
17.3 |
20.1 |
17.6 |
13.1 |
| CPI change (annual) |
Percent |
2011 |
5.3 |
3.6 |
4.2 |
3.4 |
5.7 |
0.2 |
| Exchange rate(2) |
Currency units to US$ |
2010 |
1.39 |
1.09 |
0.65 |
1.00 |
6.82 |
87.78 |
| GDP (annual)(2) |
US$ billion |
2010 |
135 |
1,193 |
2,223 |
14,800 |
5,365 |
5,273 |
| GDP per capita (rounded)(2) |
US$ |
2010 |
31,000 |
54,000 |
36,000 |
48,000 |
4,000 |
41,000 |
| Unemployment as % of labour force |
Percent |
2010 |
6.8 |
5.3 |
7.9 |
9.8 |
4.1 |
5.3 |
| Employment as % of working-age population |
Percent |
2010 |
72.3 |
72.4 |
70.3 |
66.7 |
79.0 |
70.1 |
1. Data from 2008–10 abridged life tables.
2. New Zealand data for year ended March. Other data for year ended June.
Sources: www.stats.govt.nz, www.cia.gov, www.stats.oecd.org, www.imf.org. |