New Zealand’s coastline is 2 times as long as Italy’s

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 4,718 m above New Zealand’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Italy, versus 37% of New Zealand

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Italy has 11 times as many people as New Zealand

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Italy is 9.9 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 10 years older than in New Zealand

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Women in New Zealand have 0.4 more children on average than in Italy

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 18% in New Zealand

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Italy hosts 8.1 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Italy 3.4

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Italy 1

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

Italy’s economy is 9.7 times the size of New Zealand’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

Italy produces 10% more per person than New Zealand

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 5.1% in New Zealand

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, New Zealand 1.1%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Italy’s 26%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Italy’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

New Zealand spends 48% more on health per person than Italy

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in New Zealand is 74% more likely to die before turning one than in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 16% more doctors per person than New Zealand

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Italy has 22% more hospital beds per person than New Zealand

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 2.3 times that in Italy

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.42 points higher than in Italy

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in New Zealand drink 5% more alcohol than in Italy

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 12% more meat per person than Italy

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Italy has 631 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

New Zealand and Italy are practically level

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 2.1 years longer than in Italy

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 63% more tourists per resident than New Zealand (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

Italy has 59 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (62 against 3)

Italy: 62 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, New Zealand 166

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 89% in Italy

Italy: 89% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Italy and New Zealand are nearly identical here

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Italy and New Zealand are practically level

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

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 70% in Italy

Italy: 70% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, New Zealand 130

Italy: 133 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 4.2 times as long as New Zealand’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 8.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Italy

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 32% of Italy

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in New Zealand emits 22% more CO₂ than someone in Italy

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 49% in Italy

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

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

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.6 times as likely to be murdered in New Zealand as in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in New Zealand are 28% deadlier than in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

Italy is on average 2.8 °C warmer than New Zealand

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 55% more rain than Italy

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)