Oceania
New Zealand
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is New Zealand's #2 import source (world lens). New Zealand is the EU's #80 goods supplier.
New Zealand on the world stage
Total imports
$47.6bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$42.8bn
225 partners
#1 import source
China
21.4%
#1 export dest.
China
25.1%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
New Zealand and the EU
EU imports from
€3.4bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€5.0bn
0.2% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #80 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.45
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
61
EUR/MWh
Consumer
156
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
120
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
82%
of generation
Wholesale 64 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Export-revenue + dam debtMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Electricity Authority (independent)
55% hydro dependence creates dry-year risk where wholesale prices spike and the system leans on Huntly coal/gas (scheduled to retire). The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter takes roughly 13% of national demand as a single…
Tracked infrastructure
13 gas plants
1.9 GW
3 coal plants
750 MW
13 wind farms
853 MW · 2 building
3 solar farms
126 MW · 5 building
20 hydro plants
4.6 GW
12 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
131
3 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Silver
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
LAWA open data (CC-BY, 2M+ records) + regional-council…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (7)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
37.5
→ 42.7 by 2050
Fertility
1.66
below replacement
Working-age
64.7%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
26.6
→ 39.5 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 5.21M · peaks 2078
By 2050: +11% (5.76M)