New Zealand's life expectancy rose from 76.7 yrs in 1995 to 82.0 yrs in 2024.
New Zealand · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
New Zealand's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 67.3 yrs in 2000 to 70.0 yrs in 2021.
New Zealand's infant mortality fell from 7.2 ‰ in 1995 to 4.0 ‰ in 2024.
New Zealand's under-5 mortality rate fell from 8.7 ‰ in 1995 to 4.7 ‰ in 2024.
New Zealand's maternal mortality ratio fell from 13.0 /100k in 1994 to 7.0 /100k in 2023.
New Zealand's ncd mortality fell from 15.9 % in 2000 to 10.3 % in 2021.
New Zealand's suicide mortality rate fell from 12.6 /100k in 2000 to 11.9 /100k in 2021.
New Zealand's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 12.3 /100k in 2000 to 9.6 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.1 pts9th of 22
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +0.5 %12th of 22
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +0.1 pts7th of 22
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- Physiciansup +2.3 %34th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +3.7 %5th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −2.3 %40th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts103rd of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts110th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +17.9 %49th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.0 pts1st of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.0 pts40th of 141