Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 6,980 m above New Zealand’s

Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 37% of New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Kazakhstan has 3.9 times as many people as New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

New Zealand is 2.6 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in New Zealand is 7.8 years older than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.4 more children on average than in New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 9.0% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 9% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

New Zealand hosts 92% more refugees per resident than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kazakhstan none

Kazakhstan: 0 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Kazakhstan 2

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

Kazakhstan’s economy is 16% larger than New Zealand’s

Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

New Zealand produces 29% more per person than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021) · New Zealand: no data

Kazakhstan: 0% (2021) · New Zealand: no data

New Zealand and Kazakhstan are practically level

Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

New Zealand spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Kazakhstan’s 12%

Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: 33% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

New Zealand spends 10 times as much on health per person as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: $490 (2023) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in Kazakhstan is 85% more likely to die before turning one than in New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Kazakhstan has 4% more doctors per person than New Zealand

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

Kazakhstan has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 40% higher than in New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 22% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

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

Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.36 points higher than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in New Zealand drink 49% more alcohol than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 23% more meat per person than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Kazakhstan and New Zealand are practically level

Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kazakhstan put in 267 more hours a year than in New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 0.34 years longer than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

New Zealand welcomed 19% more tourists per resident than Kazakhstan (2019)

Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

Kazakhstan has 4 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (7 against 3)

Kazakhstan: 7 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Kazakhstan 87

Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

New Zealand and Kazakhstan are practically level

Kazakhstan: 93% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in New Zealand is 65% faster than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Kazakhstan and New Zealand are practically level

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

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 62% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kazakhstan 127

Kazakhstan: 127 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

Kazakhstan’s railway network is 3.9 times as long as New Zealand’s

Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in Kazakhstan carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 75% more likely to be murdered in Kazakhstan than in New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kazakhstan are 87% deadlier than in New Zealand

Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

New Zealand is on average 3.3 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 4.9 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)