Dataset of the Day
One New Zealand dataset at a time: an interactive chart, the numbers and the source.
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In 2024 New Zealand's life expectancy was 0.8 years above the average of the other OECD countries
In 2024 life expectancy at birth in New Zealand was 82.0 years: 20th of 38 OECD countries and 2.4 years behind Switzerland. It has risen 6.6 years since 1990.
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Most of the 88 latest NZ earthquakes are small: median magnitude 2.0, the biggest 4.5
GeoNet's latest feed lists 88 earthquakes between 18 and 19 Oct 2026. The biggest, magnitude 4.5, was 485 km NE of Whakatane; the median was 2.0.