New Zealand
- Official Name:
- New Zealand
- Area:
- 268.680 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 4.115.771 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 15.134 km
- Capital:
- Wellington
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Auckland, Lyttelton, Tauranga, Wellington, Whangarei
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Contiguous zone: 24 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- Political divisions:
- 16 regions and 1 territory*; Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Chatham Islands*, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu-Wanganui, Marlborough, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, Wellington, West Coast
- Language(s):
- English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
- National holiday:
- Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
- Nationality:
- New Zealander(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 12. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends third Sunday in March Note: New Zealand is divided into two time zones, including Chatham Island
- Member of:
- ANZUS (US suspended security obligations to NZ on 11 August 1986), APEC, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, NAM (guest), NSG, OECD, OPCW, PCA, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .nz
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
New Zealand dollar (NZD) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD 26.200 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 98.390.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 1,5% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 4,3%
- Industry: 26,9%
- Services: 68,8%
- Labor force:
- 2.180.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1995):
-
- Agriculture 10%
- Industry:25%
- Services 65%
- Unemployment rate:
- 3,8% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 3,8% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 22% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD 41.510.000.000
- Expenditures: USD 36.990.000.000
- Public debt:
- 19,9% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD -7.944.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 23.690.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
- Exports - Partners:
- Australia 21,4%, US 14,1%, Japan 10,6%, China 5,1%, UK 4,7% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 25.230.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics
- Imports - partners:
- Australia 20,9%, US 11%, Japan 11%, China 10,9%, Germany 4,9% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 10.000.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 47.000.000.000 (2006)
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