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New Zealand: Government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
39.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom 40.2%
Average, 2016–2025
38.8%10 years
Record high and low
44.0% (1987)low 10.2% (1876)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203138.5Forecast
203038.5Forecast
202939.3Forecast
202839.2Forecast
202739.2Forecast
202639.3Forecast
202539.3
202440.2
202340.2
202239.7
202139.6
202037.3
201938.3
201837.4
201737.9
201638.5

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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