Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Isle of Man, you would:

Economy

make 42.3% less money

Isle of Man has a GDP per capita of $84,600 as of 2014, while in New Zealand, the GDP per capita is $48,800 as of 2023.

be 3.4 times more likely to be unemployed

In Isle of Man, 1.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In New Zealand, that number is 3.7% as of 2023.

pay a 65.0% higher top tax rate

Isle of Man has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In New Zealand, the top tax rate is 33.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 18.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Isle of Man, approximately 4.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In New Zealand, on the other hand, 3.4 children do as of 2022.

have 21.2% more children

In Isle of Man, there are approximately 10.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In New Zealand, there are 12.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 94.6 times more coastline

Isle of Man has a total of 160 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, New Zealand Inland Revenue Department, Income Tax Services, Isle of Man Government.

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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