New Zealand - Global Right to Information Rating

RTI Rating New Zealand

The transparency law of New Zealand has been in force since 1982 and with it has earned 94 points in the Global Right to Information Rating (RTI Rating). With that score New Zealand is now ranked 50 in the transparency ranking formed by 136 countries, meaning it is among those that must improve its laws in order to guarantee access to information.

This index ranks countries giving them a score of 0-150 depending on the strength of its legal framework which guarantees the right to information.

In the next table you can also see the scores obtained by New Zealand in each of the groups that make up the index. Access the list with the classification of all countries by clicking on RTI Rating and the economic information for New Zealand by clicking on Economy of New Zealand.

New Zealand - Global Right to Information Rating

Date	RTI Raking	Year RTI law	Access	Scope	Requesting	Exceptions	Appeals	Sanctions	Promotion	RTI Rating
2022	50º	1,982	4	16	22	18	23	6	5	94
2021	51º	1,982	4	16	22	18	23	6	5	94
2020	52º	1,982	4	16	22	18	23	6	5	94
2019	52º	1,982	4	16	22	18	23	6	5	94
2018	52º	1,982	4	16	22	18	23	6	5	94
2017	42º	1,982	4	16	22	18	23	6	5	94
2016	40º	1,982	4	16	22	18	23	6	5	94
2014	36º	1,982	4	16	22	18	23	6	5	94
2013	35º	1,982	4	16	21	18	23	6	5	93
2012	32º	1,982	4	16	21	18	23	6	5	93
2011	29º	1,982	4	16	21	18	23	6	5	93

New Zealand - Global Right to Information Rating

Sources: Global RTI Rating

Reproduced with permission from the Global RTI Rating, a joint project of the Centre for Law and Democracy and Access Info Europe. The Global RTI Rating database is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).