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New Zealand: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
27.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 27.6%
Average, 2016–2025
27.2%10 years
Record high and low
34.9% (1990)low 11.7% (1931)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202527.8
202427.6
202327.6
202228.1
202127.8
202026.2
201926.8
201826.6
201726.5
201626.7

Sources

  • Mitchell1931–2010
  • 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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