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New Zealand: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1876–2025 · 150 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
42.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 43.1%
Average, 2016–2025
40.9%10 years
Record high and low
49.6% (1986)low 12.2% (1908)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203138.5Forecast
203038.8Forecast
202939.9Forecast
202840.6Forecast
202741.6Forecast
202642.5Forecast
202542.9
202443.1
202343.2
202242.4
202143.8
202045.2
201938.7
201836.6
201736.2
201637.3

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1876–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1985–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1986–2025
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2009–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2009–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2009–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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