Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 42.6% more likely to be obese

In France, 21.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In New Zealand, that number is 30.8% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 48.9% less likely to be unemployed

In France, 7.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In New Zealand, that number is 3.7% as of 2023.

pay a 34.3% lower top tax rate

France has a top tax rate of 50.2% as of 2016. In New Zealand, the top tax rate is 33.0% as of 2016.

make 11.6% less money

France has a GDP per capita of $55,200 as of 2023, while in New Zealand, the GDP per capita is $48,800 as of 2023.

Life

have 15.6% more children

In France, there are approximately 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In New Zealand, there are 12.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 11.6% more likely to have internet access

In France, approximately 86.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In New Zealand, about 96.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 18.0% less on healthcare

France spends 12.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In New Zealand, that number is 10.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 3.1 times more coastline

France has a total of 4,853 km of coastline. In New Zealand, that number is 15,134 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Direction Générale des Finances Publiques, New Zealand Inland Revenue Department.

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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