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New Zealand: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1931–2025 · 95 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
32.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom 33.9%
Average, 2016–2025
31.4%10 years
Record high and low
70.8% (1943)low 22.6% (1971)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202532.8
202433.9
202332.9
202235.1
202132.9
202033.7
201928.4
201827.7
201728.1
201628.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1931–2010
  • World Development Indicators1972–2022
  • NZ Inst. Economic Research1972–2025
  • New Zealand Treasury1972–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2001–2005

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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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