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New Zealand: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
31.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom 32.1%
Average, 2016–2025
30.8%10 years
Record high and low
34.9% (1990)low 11.7% (1931)

Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202531.3
202432.1
202330.5
202232.0
202131.6
202029.9
201930.7
201829.9
201729.8
201629.9

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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