Canada vs New Zealand: Augmented Human Development Index

Canada

0.8276

in 2020

New Zealand

0.8116

in 2020

Canada rank

7th

New Zealand rank

9th

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Canada
New Zealand

How they compare

Canada currently reports 0.8276 against 0.8116 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0159.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was New Zealand ahead.

Canada ranks 7th and New Zealand ranks 9th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Canada
Augmented Human Development Index in New Zealand
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.