Health in New Zealand

1,242 indicators covering health for New Zealand.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of men who smoke or use other tobacco 10.3% 2024 down 33.1% 157th
Share of adults who smoke or use other tobacco in 2000 vs. 2022 9.3% 2024 down 35.0% 138th
Current health expenditure (CHE) as percentage of gross domestic 10.1% 2023 up 13.3% 28th
External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health 0.0% 2023 148th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 77.7% 2023 down 0.1% 28th
Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure 12.6% 2023 up 6.2% 154th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 7.9% 2023 up 13.2% 15th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 19.2% 2023 up 4.5% 13th
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current 22.3% 2023 up 0.5% 149th
Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$ 4,997 2023 up 30.3% 20th
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$ 1,115 2023 up 31.0% 19th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) per capita in 3,882 2023 up 30.2% 19th
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 10.1% 2023 up 13.3% 28th
Health spending as a share of total government spending 19.2% 2023 up 4.5% 13th
Mumps - number of reported cases 19 2025 up 46.2% 78th
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 0.02 2023 173rd
Dentists 2,695 2024 down 3.3% 78th
Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with HIV 88.0% 2025 up 22.2% 31st
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type B 89.0% 2024 down 4.3% 109th
Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2025 16th
Cholera reported cases 1 reported cases 2024 unchanged 94th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 68,428 2024 up 42.1% 58th
Nursing personnel 65,717 2024 up 44.2% 59th
Cholera reported deaths 0 reported deaths 2024 46th
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex 0.0124 2024 down 58.2% 129th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 22.42 2019 down 6.6% 161st
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 25.19 2019 down 2.6% 144th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 63.0% 2019 up 1.9% 62nd
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 30.9 2019 down 5.2% 157th
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 27.4% 2019 up 4.2% 45th
Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 30.1% 2019 up 10.7% 35th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 54.1% 2019 up 5.5% 50th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 49.5% 2019 up 0.6% 61st
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 66.6% 2019 up 5.4% 49th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 36 2019 up 1.1% 105th
Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 89.0% 2025 down 4.3% 72nd
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against rubella 6,485 one-year-olds 2023 up 31.9% 90th
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 100 2022 up 25.0% 1st
Medical doctors 37.72 2024 up 30.6% 38th
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 96.3% 2023 down 0.4% 103rd
Adolescent birth rate 0.1099 2023 down 20.3% 103rd
Reported number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy 3,526 2025 up 69.4% 110th
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV 4,000 2025 up 37.9% 116th
Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 0.1% 2025 unchanged 106th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 20.7% 2022 down 4.8% 125th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 18.7% 2022 down 7.2% 138th
3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 89 2022 down 4.3% 105th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 131.24 2024 up 23.3% 8th
Reported cases of paralytic polio from wild vs. vaccine-derived polioviruses 0 cases 2023 24th
Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe 87.0% 2024 up 1.2% 82nd
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles 87.0% 2024 up 1.2% 82nd
Reported cases of paralytic polio from vaccine-derived viruses 0 cases 2023 24th
Infant health: low birthweight 7 Percentage of live births 2024 up 20.7% 23rd
Life expectancy 82.1 Years 2024 up 0.9% 17th
Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference 3.3 Years 2024 down 8.3% 37th
Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference -3.3 Years 2024 up 8.3% 4th
TB patients with known HIV status 97.0% 2024 up 32.9% 61st
Dentists 5.17 2024 down 16.1% 64th
Number of people dying from HIV-related causes 100 2025 unchanged 99th
Number of new HIV infections 100 2025 down 50.0% 121st