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New Zealand: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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