New Zealand

New Zealand (capital Wellington, 1,444 miles or
3,234 kilometers east-south-east of Australia's capital, Canberra)

World Factbook as of November 2014: " Over the past 20 years the government has transformed New Zealand from an agrarian economy dependent on concessionary British market access to a more industrialized, free market economy that can compete globally. This dynamic growth has boosted real incomes – but left behind some at the bottom of the ladder – and broadened and deepened the technological capabilities of the industrial sector... The government plans to raise productivity growth and develop infrastructure, while reining in government spending."

Economic growth rate
2013: 2.5%
2012: 2.7%
2011: 1.4%

Public Debt
2011: 33.7% of GDP
2010: 25.5% of GDP
2009: 29.3% of GDP

Import/export ratio
2011: 116.7%, favorable balance (exports in cash value above imports)
2010: 106.6%, favorable balance.

Exports "dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery."

Unemployment rate
2011: 6.5%
2010: 6/5%
2009: 7.35%
2008: 4.2%.

Income Distribution – GINI index
Ranks 86th among 140 countries (lower rank number is less equal).

Health expenditures
2009: 9.7% of GDP

Value Added Tax: 15%

Military expenditures as a percentage of GDP
2005: 1%

People

Gender Gap:The World Economic Forum lists New Zealand as sixth in the world in the elimination of a gender gap. 

Labor force in agriculture
2006: 6%

Living in an urban area
2010: 86%

Net migration rate
2012: More arriving than leaving. A net gain of 2.26 persons per 1,000 population

Ethnic groups
New Zealand Caucasian 74.5%, Maori 9.7%, other Pacific islanders 3.8%, Asians and others12%. <