New Zealand’s coastline is 10 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Ireland’s highest peak towers 1,011 m above New Zealand’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 37% of New Zealand

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Ireland has 3% more people than New Zealand

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Ireland is 3.9 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 1.1 years older than in New Zealand

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

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

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Ireland hosts 62 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, New Zealand 5.6

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Ireland 2

Ireland: 2 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 2.7 times the size of New Zealand’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.7 times as much per person as New Zealand

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · New Zealand: no data

New Zealand and Ireland are practically level

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

New Zealand spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Ireland’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

Ireland spends 47% more on health per person than New Zealand

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in New Zealand is 18% more likely to die before turning one than in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 7% more doctors per person than New Zealand

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Ireland has 18% more hospital beds per person than New Zealand

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 81% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 31% in Ireland

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.07 points higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 16% more alcohol than in New Zealand

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

Ireland has 24% more meat per person than New Zealand

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Ireland has 799 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in New Zealand put in 53 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 1.2 years longer than in Ireland

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 3.7 times as many tourists per resident as New Zealand (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

New Zealand has 1 more World Heritage site than Ireland (3 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 94% in New Zealand

Ireland: 97% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 11% faster than in New Zealand

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and New Zealand are practically level

Ireland: 100% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

New Zealand’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from Ireland fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from New Zealand

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 2% more CO₂ than someone in New Zealand

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in Ireland carries 6% more fine dust than in New Zealand

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.2 times as likely to be murdered in New Zealand as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in New Zealand are 2.1 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

New Zealand is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 40% more rain than Ireland

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)