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New Zealand

Rank 6 / 49
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy·Wellington·5M population·Oceania
Civica Index
CI · Q4 2023
95.4/ 100
ExceptionalQuarterly cadence

Rank 6 of 49. Structural index across six weighted dimensions. Updated quarterly.

Civica Pulse
CP · Live
/ 100
Awaiting eventsDaily cadence

Pulse score not available yet.

Civica Index breakdown · 6 dimensionsweights fixed · source-specific inputs

How the 95.4 is calculated.

Democratic Quality
V-Dem · Liberal Democracy Index
30%
94.3
contributes 28.3 pts
Rule of Law
World Bank WGI
20%
96.8
contributes 19.4 pts
Human Development
UNDP HDI
15%
95.2
contributes 14.3 pts
Freedom & Rights
Freedom House
15%
100.0
contributes 15.0 pts
Corruption Control
Transparency International
10%
93.7
contributes 9.4 pts
Stability & Security
Global Peace Index
10%
91.4
contributes 9.1 pts
History · quarterly CI trend

How the index has moved over time.

Historical CI data is not available yet for this country.

Regional rank

Where New Zealand sits against peers.

Global#6 of 49
Oceania#1 of 2
Constitutional monarchy#4 of 12
Compare with
CapitalWellington
Population5,161,211
Current quarter2023 Q4
Methodologyv1.0
Government taxonomy
Raw source
parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Regime type
Parliamentary democracy · 2025
Structure
Constitutional monarchy · Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Cite this page
Civica Index for New Zealand, 2026-04-22. Civica Atlas. https://civicaatlas.org/civica-index/new-zealand