New Zealand’s coastline is 6.3 times as long as Peru’s

New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 6,716 m above New Zealand’s

New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of New Zealand, versus 19% of Peru

New Zealand: 36.8% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Peru has 6.5 times as many people as New Zealand

New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Peru is 34% more densely populated than New Zealand

New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

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

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

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

New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

New Zealand: 17.6% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

New Zealand hosts 2.1 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

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

New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

New Zealand: 5.6 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

New Zealand and Peru are practically level

New Zealand: 3 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Peru’s economy is 27% larger than New Zealand’s

New Zealand: $264 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

New Zealand produces 3 times as much per person as Peru

New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

New Zealand: no data · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

New Zealand: no data · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Peru and New Zealand are practically level

New Zealand: 5.1% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

New Zealand and Peru are practically level

New Zealand: 1.1% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Peru’s 16%

New Zealand: 29.5% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Peru’s

New Zealand: 86% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

New Zealand spends 11 times as much on health per person as Peru

New Zealand: $5,022 (2024) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Peru is 2.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

New Zealand has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Peru

New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

New Zealand has 61% more hospital beds per person than Peru

New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 4.5 times that in Peru

New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 29% in Peru

New Zealand: 34.7% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

12% of adults in Peru smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

New Zealand: 9.3% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 1.02 points higher than in Peru

New Zealand: 7.00 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in New Zealand drink 85% more alcohol than in Peru

New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 43% more meat per person than Peru

New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

New Zealand has 311 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 435 more hours a year than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 2.7 years longer than in Peru

New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

New Zealand welcomed 10 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

New Zealand: 0.6 (2024) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Peru has 10 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (13 against 3)

New Zealand: 3 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Peru 5

New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 82% in Peru

New Zealand: 94% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 8% faster than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in New Zealand have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

New Zealand: 100% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 84% in New Zealand

New Zealand: 84% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

New Zealand: 130 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

New Zealand’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Peru’s

New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 5.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Peru

New Zealand: 2.82 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 39% of New Zealand

New Zealand: 38.9% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in New Zealand emits 3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Peru

New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 64% in Peru

New Zealand: 88.5% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 3.9 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.9 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Peru are 53% deadlier than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Peru is on average 8.1 °C warmer than New Zealand

New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 36% more rain than New Zealand

New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)