Poverty & Inequality in New Zealand 35 indicators covering poverty & inequality for New Zealand. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.67 live births per woman 2023 down 16.8% 143rd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 9,102 kg per hectare 2024 up 13.3% 8th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.7% 104th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 7.22 % change on previous year 2024 up 916.5% 37th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.71 2023 up 9.6% 28th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.7% 2023 up 9.6% 28th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 18.3% 128th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year 2023 up 196.5% 104th Gender Inequality Index 0.082 2023 down 43.4% 140th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 24.9% 2023 up 29.1% 41st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0796 2023 down 3.2% 192nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0796 2023 down 3.2% 192nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0944 2023 up 0.2% 194th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1809 2023 up 3.0% 132nd Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 — 158th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.853 2023 — 19th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.853 2023 — 19th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.853 2023 — 19th Three metrics of inequality 46.49 2022 up 5.9% 93rd Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4649 2022 up 5.9% 93rd Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 629.43 2023 up 38.4% 30th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3514 2022 up 8.9% 91st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3514 2022 up 8.9% 91st Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 34,876 2017 up 15.2% 27th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 35.0% 2022 up 1.4% 89th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 12.1% 2022 down 11.4% 80th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 30.8% 2025 up 1.0% 43rd Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 28.7% 2022 — 27th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 21.9% 2022 — 27th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0203 2024 down 5.1% 12th Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 unchanged 9th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.326 2022 down 2.7% 12th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.311 2022 down 4.6% 15th [ILO] Proportion of population covered by at least one social 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2023 down 6.1% 12th