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Source: The World Factbook
| Area: | 268,680 sq km |
| Capital: | Wellington |
| Geographic coordinates: | 41 00 S, 174 00 E |
| Climate: | temperate with sharp regional contrasts |
| Government: | parliamentary democracy |
| Currency: | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Literacy(%): | |
| Languages: | English (official), Maori (official) |
| Ethnicity/race: | New Zealand European, Maori, other European, Pacific Islander, Asian and others |
| Religions: | Anglican, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, other Protestant, unspecified or none |
| Population | 3993817[04] |
| Population growth rate(%) | 1.05[04] |
| Net migration rate per 1000 | 4.05[04] |
| Currency (per US$) | 1.7229[03] |
| GDP: purchasing power parity(PPP) (US$ billion) | 85.34[04] |
| GDP growth (annual%) | 3.5[04] |
| GDP - PPP per capita (US$) | 21600[04] |
| Sources: World Factbook, CIA |
| Industries: | food processing, wood and paper products, textiles, machinery, transportation equipment, banking and insurance, tourism, mining |
| Natural resources: | natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone |
Trade & Investment Statistics | |
| Foreign direct investment (US$ billion) | 0.84[03] |
| Direct investment abroad (US$ billion) | -0.07[03] |
| Source: OECD International Direct Investment Database. | |
| Imports (US$ billion) | 16.06[03] |
| Exports(US$ billion) | 15.86[03] |
| Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Imports: | machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics |
| Import partners: | Australia, US, Japan, China, Germany |
| Exports: | dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery |
| Export partners: | Australia, US, Japan, China, UK |
R&D Output | |
| High technology exports % of manufactured exports | 10[02] |
R&D expenditure | |
| GERD as a % of GDP | 1.15[02] |
| GERD (NZ $ million) | 1416.2[02] |
GERD expenditure by sector | |
| Business (NZ $ million) | 524[02] |
| Government (NZ $ million) | 456.4[02] |
| Universities (NZ $ million) | 435.8[02] |
GERD - Source of funds | |
| Business (NZ $ million) | 535.4[02] |
| Government(NZ $ million) | 667[02] |
| Universities (NZ $ million) | 115.1[02] |
| Foreign(NZ $ million) | 94.7[02] |
| Others(NZ $ million) | 26.6[02] |
BERD & GDP | |
| BERD as a % of GDP | 0.43[02] |
| BERD (NZ $ million) | 524[02] |
| Labor force in million | 2.008[04] |
| R&D personnel (FTE) | 17768[02] |
| Business enterprise R&D personnel | 4152[02] |
| Researchers(FTE) | 13133[02] |
| Annual tele- communication investment (million US$) | 263[02] |
| Fixed phones (millions (penetration%)) | 2.6[03] |
| Mobile phone(millions (penetration%)) | 2.56(64.8)[03] |
| Internet users(millions) | 2.11[03] |
| Internet hosts(million) | 0.47[03] |