New Zealand vs United States: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing over time
- New Zealand
- United States
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 1.47 National currency per US dollar against 1 National currency per US dollar in United States, a difference of 0.47 National currency per US dollar.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.5 times United States's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United States ahead.
New Zealand ranks 32nd and United States ranks 35th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 5 and United States in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4781 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.5219 National currency per US dollar | United States |
| 1970s | 0.6629 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.3371 National currency per US dollar | United States |
| 1980s | 1.21 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.2094 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 1.48 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.476 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 1.49 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.4875 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 1.46 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.4622 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 1.45 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.453 National currency per US dollar | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing, New Zealand or United States?
- New Zealand, at 1.47 National currency per US dollar against 1 National currency per US dollar in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing between New Zealand and United States?
- 0.47 National currency per US dollar, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and United States?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and United States rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- New Zealand ranks 32nd and United States ranks 35th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org