Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 14.7% less money

Malta has a GDP per capita of $57,200 as of 2023, while in New Zealand, the GDP per capita is $48,800 as of 2023.

be 19.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Malta, 3.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In New Zealand, that number is 3.7% as of 2023.

Life

be 24.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Malta, approximately 4.5 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 34.0% more children

In Malta, there are approximately 9.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In New Zealand, there are 12.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Malta, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In New Zealand, 7.0 women do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 10.3% more likely to have internet access

In Malta, approximately 87.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In New Zealand, about 96.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 76.9 times more coastline

Malta has a total of 197 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: 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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