Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 6.5 years longer

In Jordan, the average life expectancy is 76 years (75 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In New Zealand, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.

be 13.2% less likely to be obese

In Jordan, 35.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In New Zealand, that number is 30.8% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 4.8 times more money

Jordan has a GDP per capita of $9,500 as of 2022, while in New Zealand, the GDP per capita is $45,200 as of 2022.

be 82.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Jordan, 19.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In New Zealand, that number is 3.3% as of 2022.

pay a 65.0% higher top tax rate

Jordan 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 82.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Jordan, approximately 41.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In New Zealand, 7.0 women do as of 2020.

be 75.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Jordan, approximately 13.9 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 43.2% fewer children

In Jordan, there are approximately 22.2 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 15.7% more likely to have internet access

In Jordan, approximately 83.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In New Zealand, about 96.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 87.5% more on education

Jordan spends 3.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. New Zealand spends 6.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 33.3% more on healthcare

Jordan spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In New Zealand, that number is 10.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 582.1 times more coastline

Jordan has a total of 26 km of coastline. In New Zealand, that number is 15,134 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Jordan Tax Service, The World Factbook, 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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