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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
New Zealand: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
New Zealand is placed 41st of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 82.89 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 1.8 (2024).
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Mobility & Trade
41st
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place New Zealand on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
82.89
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 65th of 177 by UNCTAD
New Zealand: 82.89. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Australia and New Zealand
- 142.5 Australia
1.8
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
New Zealand: 1.8. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Australia and New Zealand
- 1.8 New Zealand
3.6
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 26th of 139 by World Bank Group
New Zealand: 3.6. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Australia and New Zealand
- 3.7 Australia
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
1.23
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
New Zealand: 1.23. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Australia and New Zealand
- 1.23 New Zealand
02Over time
Which way New Zealand is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
New ZealandWorld median
New Zealand fell from 93.55 in 2006 to 88.24 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year New Zealand World median 2026 88.24 56.21 2025 82.89 60.84 2024 92.19 55.22 2023 105.61 54.78 2022 101.91 51.49 2021 98.69 52.64 2020 90.35 47.86 2019 91.48 51.05 2018 92.18 52.03 2017 101.40 49.87 2016 98.82 48.09 2015 90.83 49.13 2014 92.36 48.08 2013 93.77 51.32 2012 92.62 47.44 2011 84.90 50.26 2010 83.11 50.51 2009 85.50 53.04 2008 93.86 51.68 2007 100.70 55.78 2006 93.55 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
New ZealandWorld median
New Zealand fell from 3.748 in 2007 to 3.6 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year New Zealand World median 2023 3.60 2.900 2018 3.88 2.706 2016 3.39 2.734 2014 3.64 2.753 2012 3.42 2.773 2010 3.65 2.746 2007 3.75 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
New ZealandWorld median
New Zealand fell from 1.84 in 2000 to 1.23 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year New Zealand World median 2024 1.23 0.975000 2023 1.16 0.690000 2022 1.08 0.565000 2021 1.04 0.550000 2020 1.01 0.680000 2019 1.03 0.625000 2018 1.04 0.480000 2017 1.02 0.630000 2016 1.03 0.865000 2015 1.07 0.790000 2014 0.88 0.760000 2013 0.97 0.645000 2012 1.12 0.630000 2011 1.17 0.535000 2010 1.19 0.560000 2009 1.38 0.780000 2008 1.31 0.595000 2007 1.53 0.660000 2006 1.66 0.445000 2005 1.68 0.570000 2004 1.69 0.535000 2003 1.69 0.530000 2002 1.68 0.510000 2001 1.62 0.490000 2000 1.84 0.430000
03In context
New Zealand beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
New Zealand and Australia and New Zealand
New Zealand has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australiacompare | 23rd | 142.5 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 1.01 |
| New Zealand | 41st | 82.89 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 1.23 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Australia and New Zealand
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
- Australia23rd
- New Zealand41st
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below New Zealand in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where New Zealand is ahead of the world, and behind
25 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median4
Statistics on which New Zealand does better than the middle country measured.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.22.1821.2▼ Worsened since 2015
New Zealand: 2.182 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 30th of 176 · derived.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.49417.575.494▼ Worsened since 2014
New Zealand: 17.57 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 14th of 75 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.1010.206▲ Improved since 2015
New Zealand: 0.101 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 98th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4226.6825.42▼ Worsened since 2014
New Zealand: 26.68 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 84th of 170 · derived.
Behind the world median3
Statistics on which New Zealand does worse than the middle country measured.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4746.1157.474No real change since 2015
New Zealand: 6.115 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 72nd of 118 · derived.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.1440.079No real change since 2018
New Zealand: 0.144 · world median 0.079 · FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.567; lower is better.
Position 35th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.45624.794.456No earlier reading
New Zealand: 24.79 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 2nd of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end18
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08928.166.089No real change since 2015
New Zealand: 28.16 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.1334.138-0.133Moved since 2013
New Zealand: 4.138 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3231,467,989223,323No real change since 2015
New Zealand: 1,467,989 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.17113.056.171Moved since 2014
New Zealand: 13.05 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1780.9967.17Moved since 2014
New Zealand: 80.99 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,7883,371,1751,827,788Moved since 2014
New Zealand: 3,371,175 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 39th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,8364,5841,836Moved since 2015
New Zealand: 4,584 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,451679,772444,451Moved since 2015
New Zealand: 679,772 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23105.43103.23Moved since 2015
New Zealand: 105.43 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.848.142.8Moved since 2012
New Zealand: 48.1 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.73157.04275.73Moved since 2016
New Zealand: 157.04 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2350.7281.235Moved since 2014
New Zealand: 0.728 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6027.499.602Moved since 2015
New Zealand: 7.49 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,2692,14812,269Moved since 2015
New Zealand: 2,148 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.661.73.66Moved since 2012
New Zealand: 1.7 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.2010.306Moved since 2015
New Zealand: 0.201 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Foreign Value Added Share of Gross ExportsOECD · 2022 · world median 27.4114.6827.41Moved since 2012
New Zealand: 14.68 · world median 27.41 · Foreign value added (% of gross exports). OECD, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 4.491 to 66.08.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2791.9025.279Moved since 2013
New Zealand: 1.902 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
No current reading for New Zealand
Cost of Sending Remittances, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024) and Trade (% of GDP) (last 2024). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among New Zealand’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is New Zealand’s 10th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Governance & Institutions2nd of 1944/4 keys
- Peace & Security5th of 1774/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties7th of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equality9th of 1834/4 keys
- Energy11th of 1653/3 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 16th of 1963/3 keys
- Work & Labour23rd of 1824/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience26th of 1934/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation29th of 1764/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade41st of 1774/4 keys
- Digital & Technology52nd of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing53rd of 2003/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge64th of 1983/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture60th of 1844/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability129th of 1863/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders New Zealand can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Oceania
Australia23rd4/4 keysThis page
New Zealand41st4/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about New Zealand and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
New Zealand on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does New Zealand rank on mobility & trade?
New Zealand is placed 41st of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time, Logistics Performance Index and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for New Zealand?
82.89 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for New Zealand?
1.8 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How have New Zealand’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index fell from 93.55 in 2006 to 88.24 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index fell from 3.748 in 2007 to 3.6 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports fell from 1.84 in 2000 to 1.23 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for New Zealand?
No current reading is published for New Zealand on Cost of Sending Remittances, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) and Trade (% of GDP). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 25 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
New Zealand’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- New Zealand (banner) — Karora derivative work: Inkey, Public domain
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). New Zealand: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/new-zealand/mobility