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New Zealand

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New Zealand is a country. The capital city is Wellington, located in the Australia and New Zealand region of Oceania. It has a land area of 263,310 km², a population of 5,223,100 people and uses the currency New Zealand dollar. The Prime Minister is Jacinda Ardern.

Key facts

currency: New Zealand dollar
capital city: Wellington
region: Australia and New Zealand
continent: Oceania
land area: 263,310 km²
population: 5,223,100 people
political leader: Jacinda Ardern (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 54.57 % of GDP
expense: 35.93 % of GDP
GDP: 252,175,506,110.17 current US$
inflation: 5.73 annual %
self-employed workers: 18.86 % of total employment
tax revenue: 29.93 % of GDP
unemployment: 3.73 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 13.09 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 10,000 people
democracy score: 9.26
democracy type: Full democracy
individuals using the Internet: 96.20 % of population
military expenditure: 1.22 % of GDP
net migration: 21,404 people
press freedom: 7.27
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 44.26 %
birth rate: 11.49 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.53 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 4,906.07 current US$
health expenditure: 10.05 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.66 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 83
suicide mortality rate: 11.00 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 101,750.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 13.99 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 35.80 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 4.25 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 15.53 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 55.50 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 24.58 % of total
net energy imports: 19.48 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.66 births per woman
forest area: 99,318 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 59.75 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 84.21 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 33.30
methane emissions: 36.75 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 10.45 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 2,628,620 people
male population: 2,594,480 people
renewable energy consumption: 28.90 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 270,548.63 km²
rural population: 679,786 people
urban land area: 1,970.29 km²
urban population: 4,543,314 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.22 % of total population

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New Zealand is one of the countries in Oceania, countries in Australia and New Zealand and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of universities in New Zealand per foundation year

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in New Zealand

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Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in New Zealand with forecast

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in New Zealand with forecast

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Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in New Zealand with forecast

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Correlation of birth rate and fertility rate of countries yearly in New Zealand

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