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New Zealand: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
30.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom 31.7%
Average, 2016–2025
30.3%10 years
Record high and low
32.3% (1986)low 17.1% (1942)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202530.8
202431.7
202330.7
202232.1
202130.6
202028.9
201930.1
201829.4
201729.7
201629.4

Sources

  • Mitchell1931–2010
  • Andersson1931–2024
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • 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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