The Global COVID-19 Index (GCI) - New Zealand Dashboard

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Country Rank

142

New Zealand

Recovery Rank for 180 countries/regions

Country Rank

140

New Zealand

Recovery Rank for 184 countries/regions

COVID-19 Recovery Rating

2

Recovery Index
48.51
(Out of 100)

(100 = Best, 0 = Worst)

COVID-19 Recovery Rating

2

Recovery Index
44.99
(Out of 100)

(100 = Best, 0 = Worst)

COVID-19 Severity Rating

4

Severity Index
64.76
(Out of 100)

(0 = Best, 100 = Worst)

COVID-19 Severity Rating

2

Severity Index
41.01
(Out of 100)

(0 = Best, 100 = Worst)

Stringency Rating

N/A

(100 = Strictest Measures, 0 = No Measures)

Population

4,917,000

(Low Density)

GNI per capita (US$)

41,020

(High income)

COVID-19 Recovery Rating Guide

5	Countries who have made the most progress in curtailing the spread of the pandemic and can be used as examples of best practices (Relative Rating)
4
3
2	Countries who are struggling to cope with the crisis and who may need to consider maintaining stringent non-pharmaceutical measures (Relative Rating)
1

COVID-19 Severity Rating Guide

1	Countries who are coping with the crisis with a low percentage of infections and resulting deaths per population (Relative Rating)
2
3	Countries who may be overwhelmed by the crisis with a high percentage of infections and resulting deaths per population (Relative Rating)
4
5

Travel Advisory

New Zealand - published 23.12.2021

1. Passengers are not allowed to enter. - This does not apply to: - nationals of New Zealand; - permanent residents of New Zealand; - partner or dependent child of a national or a permanent resident of New Zealand. Their visa must be based on the relationship; - nationals or permanent residents of Australia residing in New Zealand; - passengers with a Resident Visa applied for on or before 30 November 2021. They must be arriving in New Zealand for the first time as the holder of that visa; - passengers with a Resident Visa applied for on or after 1 December 2021 and issued under the 2021 Resident Visa Category; - passengers who have a visa and have been granted an exemption before departure; details can be found at https://www.immigration.govt.nz/formshelp/request-for-travel-to-new-zealand ; - passengers arriving from Cook Isl. or Niue if they in the past 14 days have only been in Cook Isl., New Zealand or Niue. 2. Passengers are not allowed to transit. - This does not apply to: - nationals of New Zealand; - nationals of Australia; - residents of New Zealand; - passengers with a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA); - passengers with a visa issued by New Zealand. 3. Passengers are not allowed to transit through New Zealand to Australia, Cook Isl. or Niue if they are arriving from Australia, Cook Isl. or Niue. 4. Passengers are not allowed to transit through New Zealand to China (People's Rep.). - This does not apply to nationals of China (People's Rep.) arriving from Cook Isl., Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga or Vanuatu. 5. Transit is only allowed at Auckland (AKL) for maximum 24 hours. 6. Passengers transiting through New Zealand to Australia must have a confirmed onward ticket on a red zone flight. 7. Passengers and airline crew entering or transiting through New Zealand must have a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least 14 days before departure. Those entering must register the vaccination in the Managed Isolation Allocation System at https://allocation.miq.govt.nz/portal/. - This does not apply to: - nationals of New Zealand; - passengers younger than 17 years; - passengers with a medical certificate of contraindication; - passengers with a consular or diplomatic visa; - passengers who are members of the New Zealand Defence Force with operating orders; - nationals of Afghanistan arriving in New Zealand on or before 12 December 2022; - refugees with a visa issued by New Zealand. 8. Passengers must have a negative COVID-19 test taken at most 72 hours before departure from the first international embarkation point. Tests accepted are: antigen, LAMP, NAAT, PCR, RT-PCR and TMA tests. More details can be found at https://tinyurl.com/39tsn56h - This does not apply to: - passengers arriving from Antarctica, Australia, Cook Isl., Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Isl., Micronesia (Federated States), Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Isl., Tonga, Tuvalu or Vanuatu; - passengers younger than 2 years; - passengers with a medical certificate specifying that the passenger cannot take a test due to medical reasons and does not have COVID-19 symptoms. The certificate must be issued at most 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point; - passengers with a diplomatic or consular visa; - passengers who are members of the New Zealand Defence Force; - passengers arriving from Albania, Belize, Dominica, Kenya, Lao People's Dem. Rep., Montenegro, Myanmar, Slovenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tajikistan or Turkmenistan. They must have a medical certificate issued at most 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point and it must confirm that they have no COVID-19 symptoms. 9. Passengers arriving from Australia must have a negative COVID-19 PCR or RT-PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure from the first international embarkation point. - This does not apply to passengers younger than 2 years. 10. Passengers must have a voucher confirming their allocation to a place in managed isolation. The voucher can be obtained at https://allocation.miq.govt.nz/portal/ - This does not apply to: - passengers arriving from Cook Isl. if they in the past 14 days have only been in Cook Isl. or New Zealand; - passengers arriving from Niue if they in the past 14 days have only been in New Zealand or Niue; - passengers arriving from Samoa if they in the past 14 days have only been in New Zealand or Samoa; - passengers arriving from Tonga if they in the past 14 days have only been in New Zealand or Tonga; - passengers arriving from Vanuatu if they in the past 14 days have only been in New Zealand or Vanuatu. 11. Passengers arriving from Australia, Cook Isl. or Niue must complete a health declaration before check-in. The declaration can be obtained at https://naumaira.covid19.govt.nz/ or https://border.covid19.govt.nz 12. Passengers could be subject to medical screening and quarantine for 14 days. 13. Airline crew not residing in Australia or New Zealand must have: - a negative COVID-19 test result. Tests accepted are: antigen, LAMP, NAAT, PCR, RT-PCR and TMA tests. The test must have been taken at most 7 days before arrival; or - a medical certificate issued at most 7 days before arrival. The certificate must confirm that they have no COVID-19 symptoms and they cannot take a COVID-19 test due to particular needs; or - a medical certificate specifying that they do not have COVID-19 symptoms and are not contagious, if they were tested positive at most 7 days before arrival.

Travel Advisory information provided and published with permission by IATA. (Timatic COVID-19 Alerts Service has been discontinued on 1/1/2022, please refer this page for latest travel advisory)

1. Passengers are not allowed to enter. - This does not apply to: - nationals of New Zealand; - permanent residents of New Zealand; - partner or dependent child of a national or a
permanent resident of New Zealand. Their visa must be based on the relationship; - nationals or permanent residents of Australia residing in New Zealand; - passengers with a
Resident Visa applied for on or before 30 November 2021. They must be arriving in New Zealand for the first time as the holder of that visa; - passengers with a Resident Visa
applied for on or after 1 December 2021 and issued under the 2021 Resident Visa Category; - passengers who have a visa and have been granted an exemption before departure; details
can be found at https://www.immigration.govt.nz/formshelp/request-for-travel-to-new-zealand ; - passengers arriving from Cook Isl. or Niue if they in the past 14 days have only
been in Cook Isl., New Zealand or Niue.

2. Passengers are not allowed to transit. - This does not apply to: - nationals of New Zealand; - nationals of Australia; - residents of New Zealand; - passengers with a New
Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA); - passengers with a visa issued by New Zealand.

3. Passengers are not allowed to transit through New Zealand to Australia, Cook Isl. or Niue if they are arriving from Australia, Cook Isl. or Niue.

4. Passengers are not allowed to transit through New Zealand to China (People's Rep.). - This does not apply to nationals of China (People's Rep.) arriving from Cook Isl., Fiji,
Niue, Samoa, Tonga or Vanuatu.

5. Transit is only allowed at Auckland (AKL) for maximum 24 hours.

6. Passengers transiting through New Zealand to Australia must have a confirmed onward ticket on a red zone flight.

7. Passengers and airline crew entering or transiting through New Zealand must have a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least 14 days
before departure. Those entering must register the vaccination in the Managed Isolation Allocation System at https://allocation.miq.govt.nz/portal/. - This does not apply to: -
nationals of New Zealand; - passengers younger than 17 years; - passengers with a medical certificate of contraindication; - passengers with a consular or diplomatic visa; -
passengers who are members of the New Zealand Defence Force with operating orders; - nationals of Afghanistan arriving in New Zealand on or before 12 December 2022; - refugees with
a visa issued by New Zealand.

8. Passengers must have a negative COVID-19 test taken at most 72 hours before departure from the first international embarkation point. Tests accepted are: antigen, LAMP, NAAT,
PCR, RT-PCR and TMA tests. More details can be found at https://tinyurl.com/39tsn56h - This does not apply to: - passengers arriving from Antarctica, Australia, Cook Isl., Fiji,
Kiribati, Marshall Isl., Micronesia (Federated States), Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Isl., Tonga, Tuvalu or Vanuatu; - passengers younger than 2 years; -
passengers with a medical certificate specifying that the passenger cannot take a test due to medical reasons and does not have COVID-19 symptoms. The certificate must be issued at
most 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point; - passengers with a diplomatic or consular visa; - passengers who are members of the New Zealand Defence Force; -
passengers arriving from Albania, Belize, Dominica, Kenya, Lao People's Dem. Rep., Montenegro, Myanmar, Slovenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tajikistan or
Turkmenistan. They must have a medical certificate issued at most 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point and it must confirm that they have no COVID-19
symptoms.

9. Passengers arriving from Australia must have a negative COVID-19 PCR or RT-PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure from the first international embarkation point. -
This does not apply to passengers younger than 2 years.

10. Passengers must have a voucher confirming their allocation to a place in managed isolation. The voucher can be obtained at https://allocation.miq.govt.nz/portal/ - This does
not apply to: - passengers arriving from Cook Isl. if they in the past 14 days have only been in Cook Isl. or New Zealand; - passengers arriving from Niue if they in the past 14
days have only been in New Zealand or Niue; - passengers arriving from Samoa if they in the past 14 days have only been in New Zealand or Samoa; - passengers arriving from Tonga if
they in the past 14 days have only been in New Zealand or Tonga; - passengers arriving from Vanuatu if they in the past 14 days have only been in New Zealand or Vanuatu.

11. Passengers arriving from Australia, Cook Isl. or Niue must complete a health declaration before check-in. The declaration can be obtained at https://naumaira.covid19.govt.nz/
or https://border.covid19.govt.nz

12. Passengers could be subject to medical screening and quarantine for 14 days.

13. Airline crew not residing in Australia or New Zealand must have: - a negative COVID-19 test result. Tests accepted are: antigen, LAMP, NAAT, PCR, RT-PCR and TMA tests. The
test must have been taken at most 7 days before arrival; or - a medical certificate issued at most 7 days before arrival. The certificate must confirm that they have no COVID-19
symptoms and they cannot take a COVID-19 test due to particular needs; or - a medical certificate specifying that they do not have COVID-19 symptoms and are not contagious, if they
were tested positive at most 7 days before arrival.

Travel Advisory information provided and published with permission by IATA. (Timatic COVID-19 Alerts Service has been discontinued on 1/1/2022, please refer this page for latest travel advisory)

New Zealand Infection Trend

How can you tell if a curve is really flattening?

The number of daily confirmed cases has been used as an estimation of how severe the COVID-19 situation is in a given country. However, we’ve found that focusing on the country’s cumulative number of active cases gives a clearer picture of whether the infection curve is flattening.

Countries with Similar Characteristics

This table is generated by a GCI-developed tool to match countries based on their similar characteristics such as population, population density, income and climate.

Country	Recovery Index	Recovery Index	Population	Density	GNI per capita	Average Temperature since First Case (Celsius)	Match%
New Zealand	44.99	48.51	4,917,000	Low Density	High income	11-20 deg
Uruguay	53.45	64.43	3,461,734	Low Density	High income	11-20 deg	100%
Finland	52.85	50.27	5,520,314	Low Density	High income	< 10 deg	85%
Norway	68.46	70.65	5,347,896	Low Density	High income	< 10 deg	85%
Oman	55.80	66.38	4,974,986	Low Density	High income	26-30 deg	85%
Sweden	60.87	57.78	10,285,453	Low Density	High income	< 10 deg	85%
Botswana	54.95	62.38	2,303,697	Low Density	Upper middle income	21-25 deg	60%
Central African Republic	51.58	50.22	4,745,185	Low Density	Low income	26-30 deg	60%
Congo Brazzaville	42.77	50.76	5,380,508	Low Density	Lower middle income	26-30 deg	60%
Gabon	50.25	60.25	2,172,579	Low Density	Upper middle income	26-30 deg	60%
Libya	44.11	51.99	6,777,452	Low Density	Upper middle income	21-25 deg	60%

GCI Recovery Forecast

The GCI Recovery Forecasting methodology relies on a Monte Carlo simulation model as we recognise that the factors that contribute to an increase / decrease in confirmed COVID19 cases are highly variable and subject to various localised circumstances and interventions. The P10 / P50 / P90 are probabilities assigned to the forecasts, with P10 being highly optimistic, and P90 being very conservative on recovery and reduction in cases. The forecast model is updated daily based on the latest case data.

Forecast Results:

Situation May Improve. The GCI Model indicates that the situation has a small probability of recovery, but there is insufficient evidence to suggest that the recovery trend will improve significantly in the near future.