New Zealand’s coastline is 55 times as long as Israel’s

Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Israel’s highest peak towers 2,206 m above New Zealand’s

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of New Zealand, versus 24% of Israel

Israel: 23.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Israel has 90% more people than New Zealand

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Israel is 23 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in New Zealand is 8.1 years older than in Israel

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.3 more children on average than in New Zealand

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

New Zealand hosts 3.2 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, New Zealand 5.6

Israel: 5.9 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Israel 2

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

Israel’s economy is 2.3 times the size of New Zealand’s

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

Israel produces 4% more per person than New Zealand

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · New Zealand: no data

Israel: 0.4% (2022) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment is 5.1% in New Zealand, versus 3.5% in Israel

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, New Zealand 1.1%

Israel: 7.8% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Israel’s 23%

Israel: 23.2% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× New Zealand’s

Israel: 101% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

New Zealand spends 28% more on health per person than Israel

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in New Zealand is 48% more likely to die before turning one than in Israel

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Israel has 5% more doctors per person than New Zealand

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Israel has 25% more hospital beds per person than New Zealand

Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 88% higher than in Israel

Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 23% in Israel

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

21% of adults in Israel smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 0.19 points higher than in New Zealand

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in New Zealand drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

Israel has 37% more meat per person than New Zealand

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Israel has 632 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in Israel put in 183 more hours a year than in New Zealand

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 0.65 years longer than in New Zealand

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

New Zealand welcomed 6.2 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

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

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

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 88% in Israel

Israel: 88% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 44% faster than in New Zealand

Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Israel and New Zealand are practically level

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 84% in New Zealand

Israel: 92% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, New Zealand 130

Israel: 177 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

New Zealand’s railway network is 2.4 times as long as Israel’s

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 3.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Israel

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 6.8% of Israel

Israel: 6.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in New Zealand emits 11% more CO₂ than someone in Israel

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in Israel carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 11% more likely to be murdered in Israel than in New Zealand

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in New Zealand are 60% deadlier than in Israel

Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 10.0 °C warmer than New Zealand

Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 7.8 times as much rain as Israel

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)