New Zealand compared to Australia

Interpreting "Social indicators in New Zealand, relative to Australia"

This figure shows New Zealanders’ social wellbeing relative to that of people in Australia for 22 indicators. The circle  represents Australia’s outcome for each indicator, and the spokes represent New Zealand’s outcome, relative to Australia’s. Where a spoke falls outside the circle, New Zealand’s outcome is better than Australia’s. Where the spoke falls inside the circle, New Zealand’s outcome is worse than Australia’s. For each indicator, the most recent data has been used where possible. Most of the data is for the years between 2006 and 2009, but the population with low incomes and income inequality data is for 2004, while the indigenous language speakers data is for 2002 (Australia) and 2006 (New Zealand). SOME CAUTION IS REQUIRED WITH THIS DATA: international comparisons are difficult to interpret because of the different methods countries use to collect, classify and record social data.