Social Development in New Zealand 162 indicators covering social development for New Zealand. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 43 2025 up 514.3% 171st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 431.8% 180th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 314.4% 177th Political Rights Score 40 2025 unchanged 1st Freedom Score 99 2025 up 1.0% 2nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 4,584 2025 up 3,197.8% 70th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0009 units per person 2025 up 2,754.8% 50th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 2,124.9% 90th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 59.26 % change on previous year 2025 up 228.4% 9th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 28.8 % change on previous year 2025 up 168.4% 19th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.884 2025 up 0.5% 24th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.986 2025 unchanged 5th Political Corruption Index 0.014 2025 up 55.6% 171st Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.014 2025 up 55.6% 171st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.09 2024 down 8.1% 48th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0001 units per square kilometre 2023 up 366.7% 188th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.007 units per square kilometre 2023 up 532.0% 107th LGBT+ Rights Index 10.8 2019 up 38.5% 9th Forcibly displaced people 6,732 2025 up 363.6% 132nd Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st Age of electoral democracy 133 years 2025 up 8.1% 1st Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 83 2024 down 8.8% 4th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 8.85 2024 down 7.5% 50th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 8.28 2024 down 8.1% 35th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.705 2024 down 10.2% 83rd Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.1321 2024 up 39.2% 161st Self-reported life satisfaction 7 2025 down 4.6% 11th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 7 2025 down 4.6% 11th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 37.2% 2024 down 1.0% 100th Homicide rate 1.46 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 up 57.3% 117th Homicides 75 homicides 2022 up 82.9% 101st Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 1.46 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 up 57.3% 117th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 1.46 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 up 57.3% 116th Age of electoral democracy 139 years 2025 up 7.8% 3rd States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy 0.8661 2020 up 77.2% 19th Homicides 66 deaths 2018 up 24.5% 58th Child homicide rate 0.7911 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 down 4.1% 33rd Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.8045 2020 up 1.1% 26th Homicide rate 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 up 8.5% 53rd Homicide rate by age of the victim 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 up 8.5% 53rd Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Homicides 62.46 deaths 2021 up 15.1% 141st Homicide rate 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.6% 154th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1.21 2021 down 2.0% 149th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 280,000 2030 down 34.4% 124th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 9.93 2030 down 0.8% 38th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →