The New Zealand Institute
Welcome to the NZahead report card for New Zealand as a nation.
The short video to the right will tell you more, or you can read information about the project using the About the Project link above, or you can dive right in by clicking on the row of a specific measure below.
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| Grade | NZ Rank | Trend | Latest Value | 2015 Target | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social | ||||||||
| Life expectancy | B | 11th of 34 | Good | 80.8 years | 82.4 | More | ||
| Unemployment | C | 12th of 34 | Equal | 6.5% | 4.0 | More | ||
| Income inequality | D | 25th of 34 | Equal | Gini value 0.33 | 0.31 | More | ||
| Assault mortality | D | 23rd equal of 33 | Equal | 1.3 per 100,000 | 1.2 | More | ||
| Suicide | C | 20th of 33 | Equal | 11.2 per 100,000 | 9.0 | More | ||
| Economic | ||||||||
| GDP per capita | C | 22nd of 34 | Equal | $42,438 | 53,000 | More | ||
| Household wealth | D | 24th of 34 | Good | 17.7% GNS rate | 22 | More | ||
| Labour productivity | D | 24th of 34 | Good | $49 per hour | $59 | More | ||
| Innovation and business sophistication | D | 21st of 34 | Good | 4.3 index value | 5.0 | More | ||
| Educational achievement | B | 5th of 34 | Equal | 524 mean PISA score | 531 | More | ||
| Environmental | ||||||||
| Agricultural land per capita | B | 3rd of 34 | Bad | 2.7 Ha | 2.5 | More | ||
| Water quality | C | Not available | Bad | 0.99 mg/L nitrate | 1.00 | More | ||
| CO2 concentration in the atmosphere | D | Not applicable | Bad | 392 ppm | 395 | More | ||
| CO2e emissions per capita | D | 26th of 30 | Good | 16.8 t | 13.6 | More | ||
| Invasive species | C | Not applicable | - | 3.3b cost | Reduced annual cost | More | ||
| Summary grades | ||||||||
| From the New Zealand Institute | C | Equal | C. Effort graded B- | More | ||||
| Your voice | C | Equal | More | |||||
| Net migration of citizens | C | Not applicable | Bad | -29,904 | -15,000 | More | ||
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