By RNZ
New Zealand has ranked second on a list of countries ordered by how much they've returned to normal during the pandemic.
The Economist has developed a "normalcy index", which ranks nations by their progress.
The "normalcy index" tracked eight variables - sports attendance, time at home, traffic congestion, retail footfall, office occupancy, flights, film box office and public transport - for 50 countries representing about 75 per cent of global population and 90 per cent of global GDP.
![Hong Kong tops the list at 96 per cent normality. Photo / AP](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YR2NUCQVAB5QF55QREUUWVRG3Y.jpg?auth=1a24d9710092948a6c7bcefef43d68a4bac27f49dd8368415dc6d1e46d494473&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)