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USD 17.7 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
Intl$ 197.8 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
4% | -0.4% | 0.3% | 2% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 2.2% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
3.1% | 4% | 4.2% | 2.6% | 3% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.22% | 0.19% | 0.17% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
*Estimate
(2017 estimate)
1.2% (2015)
OECD, data retrieved October 2019
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
0.3% | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.4% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
5.4% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
34.4% | 33.5% | 31.6% | 29.8% | 29.6% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
0.2% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.1% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AA
Moody's: Aaa
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 66 billion | USD 74.4 billion | USD 74.4 billion |
-3.8 % (2018 estimate)
27.6% (2017)
0.20% (2018)
0.29% (2018)
Dairy products, meat and edible offal, logs and wood articles, fruit, crude oil, wine
Petroleum and products, mechanical machinery, vehicles and parts, electrical machinery, textiles
China 22.4%, Australia 16.4%, US 9.9%, Japan 6.1% (2017)
China 19%, Australia 12.1%, US 10.5%, Japan 7.3%, Germany 5.3%, Thailand 4.6% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 3,069 million | USD 2,538 million | USD 1,404 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 8 million | USD -223 million | USD 404 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD -3,935 million | USD 289 million | USD 565 million | USD -854 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
1 out of 190 countries
Starting a Business:
1 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 7 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 48 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 2 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 1 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 3 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 9 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 63 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 23 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 36 out of 190 countries
19 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 3 / Score: 84.4 (Free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
English (de facto official) 95.4%, Maori (de jure official) 4%, Samoan 2.2%, Northern Chinese 2%, Hindi 1.5%, French 1.2%, Yue 1.1%, New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official) .5%, other or not stated 17.2% (2018 est.)
Christian 37.3% (Catholic 10.1%, Anglican 6.8%, Presbyterian and Congregational 5.2%, Pentecostal 1.8%, Methodist 1.6%, Mormon 1.2%, other 10.7%), Hindu 2.7%, Maori 1.3%, Muslim, 1.3%, Buddhist 1.1%, other religion 1.6% (includes Judaism, Spiritualism and
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
3.43 million | 3.87 million | 4.37 million | 4.65 million | 5.14 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
76% | 83.4% | 86% | 86.5% |
Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 37.1% Mobile: 134.9% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
Auckland: 89th
Wellington: 114th
(2019)