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New Zealand: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–2025 · 75 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
−3.62%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.5 pointsfrom −6.12%
Average, 2016–2025
−4.51%10 years
Record high and low
2.90% (1954)low −11.3% (1974)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-12%-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%19601970198019902000201020202030New ZealandNew Zealand
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-2.89Forecast
2030-3.12Forecast
2029-3.32Forecast
2028-3.59Forecast
2027-3.79Forecast
2026-5.14Forecast
2025-3.62
2024-6.12
2023-7.07
2022-9.10
2021-5.87
2020-1.35
2019-2.85
2018-4.20
2017-2.85
2016-2.07

Sources

  • NZ Inst. Economic Research1951–2025
  • WDI (archive)1972–1997
  • OECD Economic Outlook1972–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1988–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2000–2025
  • World Development Indicators2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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