The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

New Zealand  
Rank: 29 · Score: 63.0  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 5.1   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 248.9   M&A volume (quartile) 3rd
GDP per capita (US$) 48,571.5   Venture capital investments (quartile) 3rd
GDP growth (per cent) 1.1   Private equity investments (quartile) 3rd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 29 97, 96, 95, 95, 96 63.0
1 Economic Activity 38 84, 97, 81, 88, 87 79.1
2 Depth of Capital Market 55 75, 74, 73, 73, 70 37.7
3 Taxation 81 53, 53, 49, 44, 44 81.8
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 1 124, 124, 124, 124, 124 114.7
5 Human and Social Environment 18 110, 106, 106, 107, 107 51.0
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 21 105, 104, 104, 104, 104 76.6


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
New Zealand  
Australasia
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Australia 89.2 85.9 73.1 96.1 56.3 85.6
New Zealand 79.1 37.7 81.8 114.7 51.0 76.6
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023