| New Zealand | | |
Income inequality (gini coefficient) - before tax and government transfers | 0.40 (2019) [22/37countries] | | |
Income inequality (gini coefficient) - after tax and government transfers | 0.31 (2019) [15/37countries] | | |
% of those who are dissatisfied with their earnings | 50.1% (2009) [23/30countries] | | |
% of those who think that it is difficult for their household to make ends meet | 21.4% (2019) [10/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that it will be difficult for their household to make ends meet for the next 12 months | 24.0% (2019) [10/20countries] | | |
% of those who skip a meal because there is not enough money once a month or more | 8.2% (2019) [6/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that the income distribution of their country is unfair | 58.9% (2019) [18/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that differences in income in the country are too large | 74.6% (2019) [13/20countries] | | |
% of those who contact people who are a lot poorer than them every day | 23.2% (2019) [5/20countries] | | |
% of those who contact people who are a lot richer than them every day | 21.9% (2019) [1/20countries] | | |
Extent of anger at differences in wealth | 4.56 (2019) [16/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that there is strong conflicts between poor people and rich people | 36.9% (2019) [7/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that differences in peoplefs standard of living should be small for a society to be fair | 57.8% (2017) [16/21countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (5 choices) | 56.9% (2020) [16/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (4 choices) | 64.4% (2016) [22/25countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 48.9% (2019) [15/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that private companies are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 28.3% (2019) [4/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that trade unions are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 5.6% (2019) [13/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that high income people are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 2.8% (2019) [11/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that low income people are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 6.6% (2019) [3/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that income differences do not need to be reduced | 7.9% (2019) [5/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that politicians do not care about reducing the differences in income | 56.2% (2019) [18/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is successful in reducing the differences in income | 16.5% (2019) [2/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that they should take care of themselves and their family first, before helping other people | 76.9% (2017) [9/21countries] | | |
% of those who think that people with money should be left to enjoy it | 60.4% (2000) [5/11countries] | | |