New Zealand’s coastline is 4.7 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 5,700 m above New Zealand’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

New Zealand and Colombia are practically level

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Colombia has 10 times as many people as New Zealand

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Colombia is 2.4 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in New Zealand is 5.7 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.1 more children on average than in New Zealand

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

New Zealand hosts 15 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Colombia’s economy is 73% larger than New Zealand’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

New Zealand produces 2.5 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · New Zealand: no data

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 5.1% in New Zealand

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, New Zealand 1.1%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Colombia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

New Zealand spends 7.8 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in Colombia is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in New Zealand

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

New Zealand has 42% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

New Zealand has 48% more hospital beds per person than Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 91% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

9.3% of adults in New Zealand smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.96 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in New Zealand drink 82% more alcohol than in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 27% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Colombia and New Zealand are practically level

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 763 more hours a year than in New Zealand

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 3.9 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

New Zealand welcomed 6.9 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

Colombia has 6 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (9 against 3)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in New Zealand is 10% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in New Zealand have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, New Zealand 130

Colombia: 174 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

New Zealand’s railway network is 93% longer than Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 3.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Colombia

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 39% of New Zealand

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in New Zealand emits 3.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 77% in Colombia

Colombia: 77% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in Colombia carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 17 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in New Zealand

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Colombia are 2.4 times as deadly as in New Zealand

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 13.3 °C warmer than New Zealand

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 2 times as much rain as New Zealand

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)