Russia’s coastline is 2.5 times as long as New Zealand’s

New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 5,612 m above New Zealand’s

New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of New Zealand, versus 13% of Russia

New Zealand: 36.8% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 27 times as many people as New Zealand

New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

New Zealand is 2.3 times as densely populated as Russia

New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 2.2 years older than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

Women in New Zealand have 0.2 more children on average than in Russia

New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

Russia and New Zealand are practically level

New Zealand: 17.6% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

New Zealand hosts 4.9 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

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

New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Russia 2.0

New Zealand: 5.6 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Russia 1

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

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

New Zealand: $264 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

New Zealand produces 16% more per person than Russia

New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

New Zealand: no data · Russia: 33 (2023)

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

Unemployment is 5.1% in New Zealand, versus 2.1% in Russia

New Zealand: 5.1% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, New Zealand 1.1%

New Zealand: 1.1% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Russia’s 11%

New Zealand: 29.5% (2024) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Russia’s

New Zealand: 86% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

New Zealand spends 5 times as much on health per person as Russia

New Zealand: $5,022 (2024) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Russia is 2% more likely to die before turning one than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 42% more doctors per person than New Zealand

New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as New Zealand

New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 52% higher than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 21% in Russia

New Zealand: 34.7% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

New Zealand: 9.3% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 1.16 points higher than in Russia

New Zealand: 7.00 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 18% more alcohol than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 7% more meat per person than New Zealand

New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 407 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 379 more hours a year than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 0.47 years longer than in Russia

New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

New Zealand: 0.6 (2024) · Russia: no data

Russia has 30 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (33 against 3)

New Zealand: 3 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, New Zealand 166

New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 94% in New Zealand

New Zealand: 94% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

New Zealand and Russia are practically level

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

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 75% in Russia

New Zealand: 84% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, New Zealand 130

New Zealand: 130 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 21 times as long as New Zealand’s

New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 4.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Russia

New Zealand: 2.82 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 39% of New Zealand

New Zealand: 38.9% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in New Zealand

New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

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

New Zealand: 88.5% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Russia carries 84% more fine dust than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.4 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Russia are 23% deadlier than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

New Zealand is on average 13.7 °C warmer than Russia

New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 2.7 times as much rain as Russia

New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)