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New Zealand: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2025
50.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom 51.2%
Average, 2016–2025
41.0%10 years
Record high and low
89.0% (1950)low 16.3% (2007)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202550.3
202451.2
202347.0
202246.9
202147.5
202043.2
201931.8
201828.1
201731.1
201633.3

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1970–1993
  • NZ Inst. Economic Research1972–2025
  • New Zealand Treasury1972–2025
  • World Development Indicators2002–2024

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New Zealand documentation (PDF)

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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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