New Zealand’s coastline is 2.1 times as long as Türkiye’s

New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 7,200 km (2026 edition)

Türkiye’s highest peak towers 5,107 m above New Zealand’s

New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 5,137 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Türkiye, versus 37% of New Zealand

New Zealand: 36.8% (2024) · Türkiye: 50.2% (2024)

Türkiye has 16 times as many people as New Zealand

New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025) · Türkiye: 85.9 million (2025)

Türkiye is 5.5 times as densely populated as New Zealand

New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025) · Türkiye: 112 per km² (2025)

The typical person in New Zealand is 4.8 years older than in Türkiye

New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023) · Türkiye: 32.5 years (2023)

Women in New Zealand have 0.1 more children on average than in Türkiye

New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024) · Türkiye: 1.48 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 11% in Türkiye

New Zealand: 17.6% (2025) · Türkiye: 10.6% (2025)

Türkiye hosts 69 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Türkiye: 27.8 per 1,000 (2025)

New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Türkiye 0.5

New Zealand: 5.6 (2026) · Türkiye: 0.5 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Türkiye 1

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

Türkiye’s economy is 6 times the size of New Zealand’s

New Zealand: $264 billion (2025) · Türkiye: $1.6 trillion (2025)

New Zealand produces 27% more per person than Türkiye

New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025) · Türkiye: Int$45,289 (2025)

New Zealand: no data · Türkiye: 43.7 (2023)

New Zealand: no data · Türkiye: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Türkiye, versus 5.1% in New Zealand

New Zealand: 5.1% (2025) · Türkiye: 8.5% (2025)

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

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

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Türkiye’s 18%

New Zealand: 29.5% (2024) · Türkiye: 17.6% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Türkiye’s

New Zealand: 86% (2025) · Türkiye: 41% (2025)

New Zealand spends 9.2 times as much on health per person as Türkiye

New Zealand: $5,022 (2024) · Türkiye: $548 (2023)

A baby in Türkiye is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024) · Türkiye: 8 per 1,000 (2024)

New Zealand has 61% more doctors per person than Türkiye

New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Türkiye: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022)

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

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

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 3.5 times that in Türkiye

New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 30% in Türkiye

New Zealand: 34.7% (2024) · Türkiye: 30.5% (2024)

31% of adults in Türkiye smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

New Zealand: 9.3% (2024) · Türkiye: 31.1% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 1.70 points higher than in Türkiye

New Zealand: 7.00 (2025) · Türkiye: 5.30 (2025)

Adults in New Zealand drink 4 times as much alcohol as in Türkiye

New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 61% more meat per person than Türkiye

New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023) · Türkiye: 49.4 kg (2023)

Türkiye has 771 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023) · Türkiye: 3,892 kcal (2023)

Workers in Türkiye put in 40 more hours a year than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023) · Türkiye: 1,747 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 3.9 years longer than in Türkiye

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

New Zealand welcomed 1% more tourists per resident than Türkiye (2019)

New Zealand: 0.6 (2024) · Türkiye: 0.59 (2022)

Türkiye has 19 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (22 against 3)

New Zealand: 3 (2026) · Türkiye: 22 (2026)

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Türkiye 111

New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 111 (2026 edition)

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 90% in Türkiye

New Zealand: 94% (2024) · Türkiye: 90% (2025)

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

New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026) · Türkiye: 205 Mbps (2026)

New Zealand and Türkiye are practically level

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

89% of people in Türkiye live in cities, versus 84% in New Zealand

New Zealand: 84% (2025) · Türkiye: 89% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Türkiye 108

New Zealand: 130 (2024) · Türkiye: 108 (2024)

Türkiye’s railway network is 2.6 times as long as New Zealand’s

New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018) · Türkiye: 10,546 km (2021)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 93% more passengers per resident than those from Türkiye

New Zealand: 2.82 (2023) · Türkiye: 1.47 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 29% of Türkiye

New Zealand: 38.9% (2024) · Türkiye: 29.5% (2024)

The average person in New Zealand emits 6% more CO₂ than someone in Türkiye

New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024) · Türkiye: 5.9 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 43% in Türkiye

New Zealand: 88.5% (2025) · Türkiye: 43.3% (2025)

The air in Türkiye carries 3.7 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024) · Türkiye: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.2 times as likely to be murdered in Türkiye as in New Zealand

New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022) · Türkiye: 3.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Türkiye are 6% deadlier than in New Zealand

New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Türkiye is on average 1.6 °C warmer than New Zealand

New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 12.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 2.3 times as much rain as Türkiye

New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 680 mm (2016–2025 avg)