New Zealand, year by year

Every index this site holds for New Zealand, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.812 → 0.939 (+0.127)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth79.8 → 82 (+2.2)

Internet users69 → 94 (+25)

Urban population86 → 84 (-2)

Births per woman1.97 → 1.57 (-0.40)

Renewable share of energy28 → 29 (+1)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality6 → 4 (-2)

CO2 emissions per person8.8 → 6 (-2.7)

Forest area37 → 38 (+0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.812	75.4	—	—	2.18	28	100	9	7.5	35.6	—	—
1991	0.815	76.0	—	85	2.09	28	100	9	7.3	35.8	—	—
1992	0.823	76.1	0	85	2.06	26	100	8	7.7	36.0	—	—
1993	0.839	76.4	1	85	2.04	27	100	8	7.7	36.1	—	—
1994	0.852	76.9	3	85	1.98	28	100	8	7.7	36.3	—	—
1995	0.859	76.7	5	85	1.98	29	100	7	7.8	36.5	—	—
1996	0.863	76.8	8	85	1.96	28	100	7	8.0	36.7	—	—
1997	0.871	77.3	15	86	1.96	26	100	7	8.3	36.9	—	—
1998	0.880	78.1	32	86	1.89	27	100	6	8.0	37.0	—	—
1999	0.885	77.9	42	86	1.97	26	100	6	8.3	37.2	—	—
2000	0.894	78.6	47	86	1.98	26	100	6	8.6	37.4	—	—
2001	0.900	78.7	53	86	1.97	25	100	6	9.0	37.4	—	—
2002	0.904	78.8	59	86	1.89	27	100	6	8.9	37.4	—	—
2003	0.908	79.2	61	86	1.93	26	100	6	8.9	37.4	—	—
2004	0.912	79.5	62	86	1.98	28	100	6	8.7	37.4	—	—
2005	0.917	79.8	63	86	1.97	27	100	6	8.8	37.4	—	—
2006	0.918	80.0	69	86	2.01	27	100	5	8.7	37.4	26655	27732
2007	0.919	80.2	70	86	2.18	27	100	5	8.3	37.4	32480	29331
2008	0.919	80.3	72	86	2.19	26	100	5	8.5	37.4	31325	29896
2009	0.922	80.7	80	86	2.13	29	100	5	7.8	37.4	28277	30746
2010	0.924	80.9	80	86	2.17	29	100	5	7.7	37.4	33762	31305
2011	0.924	81.2	81	86	2.09	30	100	5	7.5	37.4	38426	32734
2012	0.927	81.4	82	86	2.10	29	100	5	7.9	37.4	40042	33045
2013	0.930	81.4	83	86	2.01	28	100	5	7.8	37.4	42985	36250
2014	0.931	81.5	84	86	1.92	29	100	5	7.8	37.4	44600	37316
2015	0.933	81.6	85	85	1.99	29	100	5	7.7	37.4	38649	37497
2016	0.935	81.7	87	85	1.87	30	100	5	7.4	37.4	40088	39964
2017	0.935	81.9	88	84	1.81	28	100	5	7.5	37.4	42912	42206
2018	0.936	81.7	89	84	1.71	29	100	5	7.3	37.4	43204	42475
2019	0.937	82.1	90	84	1.72	28	100	4	7.5	37.5	42872	45296
2020	0.935	82.3	91	84	1.62	29	100	4	6.8	37.6	42055	45575
2021	0.936	82.2	92	84	1.65	29	100	4	6.8	37.6	49902	48202
2022	0.939	82.0	93	84	1.67	—	100	4	6.3	37.7	49142	54080
2023	—	81.8	93	84	1.57	—	100	4	6.1	37.8	49302	54950
2024	—	82.0	94	84	1.57	—	100	4	6.0	—	49432	55794
2025	—	—	—	84	—	—	—	—	—	—	49591	57350
Profile shows	0.939	82.0	94	84	1.57	29	—	—	6.0	37.8	49591	57350

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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