The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 		

Year	New Zealand	OECD average
1965	39.4	26.2
1970	44	28
1975	54.3	29.8
1980	61.6	31.3
1985	60.5	29.7
1990	48	29.7
1995	45	27.1
2000	43.1	26.1
2005	41	24.6

Source: Statistics New Zealand		

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