Most recent data

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_{Note: The reference year is 2013 with the exception of 2012 for New Zealand and Switzerland.}

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Information about the New Zealand data

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Date published: January 2017
Next update expected: July 2017
Update frequency: Annually
Geographic coverage: National
Demographic information available? Yes
Internationally recognised measure? Yes
Source: Ministry of Social Development (using data from Statistics NZ’s Household Economic Survey)
Purpose of the survey or data: The Household Economic Survey collects information on household expenditure and income. The information is used:

• to contribute to the reweighting of the Consumers Price Index (CPI)
• to supply expenditure statistics for use in estimating Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• to provide an indication of the overall living standards of New Zealanders.

Data quality: See Household Economic Survey: Year ended June 2015 – data quality.

Information about the international data

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Date published: January 2017
Next update expected: July 2017
Geographic coverage: International
Source: OECD – Better Life Index (2016 edition)
Purpose of the survey or data: To help citizens be involved in the debate on measuring the well-being of societies, and to empower them to become more informed and engaged in the policy-making process that shapes all our lives.
Data quality: See Better Life Index 2016: Definitions and metadata (PDF, 275kb).

Want to know more?

OECD – How’s life? Measuring well-being 
OECD.StatExtracts – Better Life Index 
Statistics NZ – Measuring New Zealand’s progress using a sustainable development approach
The Social Report 2016 – Te pūrongo oranga tangata
Ministry of Social Development – Household incomes in New Zealand: Trends in indicators of inequality and hardship 1982 to 2015.