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They argued that as inequality in New Zealand has grown, there has been a dramatic increase in the youth suicides, [17] [18] although in contrast, recent Department of Health data shows that the age-standardised suicide rate decreased by 19.5% from the peak rate of 15.1 deaths per 100,000 population in 1998 to 12.2 deaths per 100,000 population ...
New Zealand suffers from one of the highest rates of child poverty in the Western world. [1] [2] [3] According to Statistics New Zealand, [4] by the end of June 2022, 12% of all children (1 in 9) were directly affected by poverty.
In 2005, an international report found that one in six children in New Zealand were being raised in poverty – making New Zealand children 23rd out of 26 rich nations, the fourth poorest of those rated in the report. [20] In 2009 according to NCCSS, over half a million New Zealanders, including 163,000 children were living in poverty. [21]
As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions." [11] "National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates ...
New Zealand: Australia and New Zealand: High income 32.00 2020 Oman: Western Asia: High income 30.09 2019 Pakistan: Southern Asia: Lower middle income 29.6 2018 29.59 2019 Panama: Central America: High income 48.9 2023 49.60 2022 Peru: South America: Upper middle income 40.3 2022 40.25 2021 Philippines: South-eastern Asia
Poverty in New Zealand is characterised by growing income inequality; wealth in New Zealand is highly concentrated, [265] with the top 1% of the population owning 16% of the country's wealth, and the richest 5% owning 38%, leaving a stark contrast where half the population, including state beneficiaries and pensioners, receive less than $24,000 ...
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The government taxes New Zealand Superannuation at a rate which depends on recipients' other income. [20] The amount of superannuation paid depends on the person's household situation. For a married couple the net of tax amount is set by legislation to be no less than 65% of the net average wage, although the Fifth Labour Government increased ...