Macroeconomic indicators
Housing and household financial indicators
Financial and external indicators
Gaps in GDP per capita and productivity remain wide
Inequality of market and disposable incomes
Redistributive cash transfers and direct taxes: New Zealand versus OECD average
Better life index
Monetary indicators
Changes in government spending
Non-old-age welfare benefits are comparatively high, though pension spending is modest
Capital spending is high
Coherence and adequacy of retirement income systems
Inequality of income and wealth
Revenues from environmentally related taxes
Terms of trade and labour utilisation have driven rising real incomes
The elderly population share will rise markedly by 2050
Average measured connection speeds by country
University graduates by field of study
New Zealand's emissions by sector in 1990 and 2010
Road transport emissions per capita, 2010
Average government take in oil and gas fiscal regimes
Level and change in nitrogen balance, 1990-2009
The less educated and ethnic minorities have borne the brunt of rising unemployment
NEET rate for youth aged 15-24
Youth social indicators
Recent divergence between unemployment and ease of finding skilled labour
Market returns to education are comparatively low
PISA results for New Zealand are characterised by high means but high dispersion as well
Contributions to growth in real GDP per capita in constant USD 2005 PPPs
Trade intensity ¹
Global value chain participation index in OECD countries
International students from Asia in OECD countries
Triadic trademark applications at JPO, OHIM and USPTO, 2007-09 average
Simulated real GDP impact of increasing trade intensity
Services value added as a share of gross exports
Participation and position in computer services global value chains
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Range of broadband prices for a monthly subscription – including line charge
Projected real GDP impact of moving product market regulations to best practice
Management scores in manufacturing ¹
Financial support for private R&D investment
Revealed technological advantage in biotechnologies, 1998-2000 and 2008-10 ¹
Projected real GDP impact of educational reforms
Labour force participation rates of older workers
Implicit tax on continued work: old-age pensions ¹
Projected impact of raising the pensionable age in line with life expectancy
Projected impact of policies to reduce core Crown net debt to 20% of GDP by 2020
Total wealth per capita
Productivity growth adjusted for natural capital inputs and bad outputs
Fuel taxes
Youth employment and unemployment indicators
Unemployment rates of the population aged 15 and over by highest qualification
Percentage of 15-24 year-olds in education and not in education
NEET rates by gender and age group
Unemployment rates by ethnic group
Unemployment rates of the population aged 15 and over by qualification and ethnicity
Changes in relative pay and employment rates of young adults
Unemployment rates of 16-17 year-olds versus adults
Educational attainment of 25-64 year-olds
Successful completion of upper secondary programmes
Proportion of students who enter tertiary education without graduating
Education and parental background
New Zealand's PISA and TIMSS results are characterised by high means but high dispersion too ¹
Teachers' salaries as per cent of average wages, 2010
Public subsidies to private entities for tertiary education
Indicators of skill needs
Relative earnings of 25-64 year-olds with tertiary education, 2010 ¹
Growth of equivalent full-time students enrolled by field of study