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New Zealand: General government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1913–2025 · 111 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef

2025
−17 billionlocal currency

General government deficit

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-30B-25B-20B-15B-10B-5B05B10B192019401960198020002020New ZealandNew Zealand
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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-3,549Forecast
2030-5,002Forecast
2029-6,820Forecast
2028-10,645Forecast
2027-15,056Forecast
2026-8,838Forecast
2025-16,962
2024-12,379
2023-12,306
2022-10,271
2021-14,711
2020-25,602
2019-1,307
20182,540
20174,833
20163,287

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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