Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Israel instead of New Zealand, you would:
Health
be 15.3% less likely to be obese
In New Zealand, 30.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Israel, that number is 26.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 12.1% more likely to be unemployed
In New Zealand, 3.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Israel, that number is 3.7% as of 2022.
pay a 51.5% higher top tax rate
New Zealand has a top tax rate of 33.0% as of 2016. In Israel, the top tax rate is 50.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 57.1% less likely to die during childbirth
In New Zealand, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Israel, 3.0 women do as of 2020.
have 51.6% more children
In New Zealand, there are approximately 12.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Israel, there are 19.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 17.0% less on healthcare
New Zealand spends 10.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Israel, that number is 8.3% of GDP as of 2020.
spend 18.3% more on education
New Zealand spends 6.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Israel spends 7.1% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 98.2% less coastline
New Zealand has a total of 15,134 km of coastline. In Israel, that number is 273 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, New Zealand Inland Revenue Department, Israel Ministry of Finance Tax Authority.
Israel: At a glance
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