Education Levels by Country

[whyBish]

I guess that depends on what you base your 'market basket' on for CPI. I did a study last year comparing NZ/U.S./Canada for my own personal spending scheme, and N.Z. came out on the bottom (Tax & exchange rates accounted for). I definately wouldn't let my market basket be solely based on film industry ;-) I do admit however that the transportation costs may have influenced my numbers in hindsight, since I get away with the cost of petrol not directly influencing my own CPI (although there would be a slight correlation due to distribution costs of other goods that I use)

For N.Z. CPI figures etc. you can go to http://www.statisticsnz.govt.nz/