New Zealand’s coastline is 4.7 times as long as Thailand’s

New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Thailand’s highest peak towers 2,535 m above New Zealand’s

New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 37% of New Zealand

New Zealand: 36.8% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 13 times as many people as New Zealand

New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 6.9 times as densely populated as New Zealand

New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Thailand is 2.4 years older than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

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

New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

New Zealand: 17.6% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Thailand hosts 2.9 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Thailand 1

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

Thailand’s economy is 2.2 times the size of New Zealand’s

New Zealand: $264 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

New Zealand produces 2.2 times as much per person as Thailand

New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

New Zealand: no data · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

New Zealand: no data · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.1% in New Zealand, versus 0.8% in Thailand

New Zealand: 5.1% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

New Zealand and Thailand are practically level

New Zealand: 1.1% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Thailand’s 15%

New Zealand: 29.5% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 2.8× Thailand’s

New Zealand: 86% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

New Zealand spends 15 times as much on health per person as Thailand

New Zealand: $5,022 (2024) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 93% more likely to die before turning one than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

New Zealand has 6.7 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

New Zealand has 5% more hospital beds per person than Thailand

New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 35% higher than in Thailand

New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

New Zealand: 34.7% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

18% of adults in Thailand smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

New Zealand: 9.3% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.70 points higher than in Thailand

New Zealand: 7.00 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in New Zealand drink 12% more alcohol than in Thailand

New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 3.2 times as much meat per person as Thailand

New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

New Zealand has 266 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 470 more hours a year than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 3.8 years longer than in Thailand

New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

New Zealand welcomed 8% more tourists per resident than Thailand (2019)

New Zealand: 0.6 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

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

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

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 91% in Thailand

New Zealand: 94% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 32% faster than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

New Zealand and Thailand are practically level

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

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

New Zealand: 84% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, New Zealand 130

New Zealand: 130 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

New Zealand and Thailand are nearly identical here

New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

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

New Zealand: 2.82 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

New Zealand and Thailand are practically level

New Zealand: 38.9% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in New Zealand emits 67% more CO₂ than someone in Thailand

New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

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

New Zealand: 88.5% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 3.3 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 3.3 times as deadly as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 15.7 °C warmer than New Zealand

New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Thailand gets 4% more rain than New Zealand

New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)