New Zealand
economic indicators.
GDP growth, GDP per capita, employment, unemployment and CPI inflation. Read the recorded annual values and their original sources.
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1961–2025 · Annual growth, constant pricesNZ GDP per Capita Growth
1961–2025 · Annual real growth per person; not household incomeNZ Unemployment Rate
1986–2025 · Share of the labour force; national estimateNZ Employment Rate
1986–2025 · Share of population aged 15+; national estimateNZ Inflation Rate
1960–2025 · Annual change in consumer prices
How to read these New Zealand series
Each series reports an annual percentage, but the measures and denominators differ. GDP per capita is not household income; employment and unemployment do not sum to 100%; CPI inflation is a change in prices, not the price level.
Latest available annual historical series, not the information available on election day. Annual reference years follow the source; these are not election-day or quarterly observations. Blank years are not estimated. Economic conditions alongside an election or government do not establish what caused those conditions. Voted does not rank parties by these measures.
Downloaded . The latest observation in this download is for 2025. No 2026 value or forecast has been added. “Not available” means the source has no value for that year in this download.
Annual data, 1960–2025
All years are available in the table without using the chart controls. Select an indicator heading for its definition, source and full history.
| Year | Real GDP growth | GDP per capita growth | Unemployment | Employment | CPI inflation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.46% | -0.19% | 5.26% | 66.80% | 2.84% |
| 2024 | -0.87% | -2.56% | 4.76% | 67.87% | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 1.81% | -0.50% | 3.77% | 69.37% | 5.73% |
| 2022 | 3.35% | 3.40% | 3.32% | 68.97% | 7.17% |
| 2021 | 4.30% | 4.05% | 3.80% | 68.11% | 3.94% |
| 2020 | -0.24% | -2.25% | 4.60% | 67.02% | 1.71% |
| 2019 | 2.32% | 0.89% | 4.11% | 67.65% | 1.62% |
| 2018 | 3.32% | 1.49% | 4.33% | 67.83% | 1.60% |
| 2017 | 3.32% | 1.18% | 4.74% | 67.56% | 1.85% |
| 2016 | 3.74% | 1.44% | 5.15% | 66.37% | 0.65% |
| 2015 | 3.73% | 1.64% | 5.41% | 65.06% | 0.29% |
| 2014 | 3.82% | 2.11% | 5.43% | 64.96% | 1.23% |
| 2013 | 2.56% | 1.78% | 5.84% | 63.81% | 1.13% |
| 2012 | 2.30% | 1.74% | 6.49% | 63.20% | 1.06% |
| 2011 | 2.14% | 1.37% | 6.04% | 63.79% | 4.03% |
| 2010 | 1.47% | 0.35% | 6.21% | 63.43% | 2.30% |
| 2009 | -0.04% | -1.03% | 5.87% | 63.92% | 2.12% |
| 2008 | -1.03% | -1.86% | 4.04% | 65.51% | 3.96% |
| 2007 | 3.06% | 2.11% | 3.61% | 65.90% | 2.38% |
| 2006 | 2.77% | 1.53% | 3.85% | 65.55% | 3.37% |
| 2005 | 3.35% | 2.19% | 3.81% | 65.10% | 3.04% |
| 2004 | 4.09% | 2.55% | 4.01% | 64.22% | 2.29% |
| 2003 | 4.73% | 2.68% | 4.75% | 63.15% | 1.75% |
| 2002 | 4.72% | 2.91% | 5.29% | 62.99% | 2.68% |
| 2001 | 3.42% | 2.81% | 5.45% | 62.20% | 2.63% |
| 2000 | 2.87% | 2.27% | 6.14% | 61.23% | 2.62% |
| 1999 | 5.38% | 4.83% | 7.04% | 60.53% | -0.11% |
| 1998 | 0.86% | -0.04% | 7.72% | 60.01% | 1.27% |
| 1997 | 2.08% | 0.74% | 6.85% | 60.98% | 1.19% |
| 1996 | 3.59% | 1.96% | 6.30% | 61.46% | 2.29% |
| 1995 | 4.74% | 3.21% | 6.46% | 60.55% | 3.75% |
| 1994 | 5.11% | 3.72% | 8.36% | 58.74% | 1.75% |
| 1993 | 6.38% | 5.18% | 9.80% | 57.09% | 1.29% |
| 1992 | 1.10% | 0.05% | 10.67% | 56.59% | 1.01% |
| 1991 | -1.08% | -5.75% | 10.61% | 57.04% | 2.60% |
| 1990 | 0.14% | -0.78% | 7.97% | 58.76% | 6.10% |
| 1989 | 0.16% | -0.31% | 7.24% | 58.95% | 5.72% |
| 1988 | -0.33% | -0.61% | 5.71% | 61.10% | 6.38% |
| 1987 | 0.96% | 0.10% | 4.16% | 63.55% | 15.74% |
| 1986 | 2.71% | 2.74% | 4.14% | 63.90% | 13.21% |
| 1985 | 1.62% | 0.99% | Not available | Not available | 15.42% |
| 1984 | 4.79% | 3.89% | Not available | Not available | 6.17% |
| 1983 | 3.49% | 2.09% | Not available | Not available | 7.34% |
| 1982 | 0.93% | -0.07% | Not available | Not available | 16.16% |
| 1981 | 4.66% | 4.25% | Not available | Not available | 15.37% |
| 1980 | 1.28% | 1.16% | Not available | Not available | 17.15% |
| 1979 | 2.19% | 2.59% | Not available | Not available | 13.70% |
| 1978 | 0.32% | 0.29% | Not available | Not available | 11.96% |
| 1977 | -3.94% | -4.23% | Not available | Not available | 14.38% |
| 1976 | 0.93% | 0.04% | Not available | Not available | 16.91% |
| 1975 | -1.73% | -3.62% | Not available | Not available | 14.68% |
| 1974 | 5.99% | 3.81% | Not available | Not available | 11.11% |
| 1973 | 7.80% | 5.71% | Not available | Not available | 8.17% |
| 1972 | 5.12% | 3.28% | Not available | Not available | 6.93% |
| 1971 | 3.79% | 2.25% | Not available | Not available | 10.39% |
| 1970 | -1.40% | -2.73% | Not available | Not available | 6.52% |
| 1969 | 10.19% | 9.21% | Not available | Not available | 4.93% |
| 1968 | -0.05% | -0.92% | Not available | Not available | 4.31% |
| 1967 | -4.59% | -6.28% | Not available | Not available | 6.06% |
| 1966 | 6.25% | 4.36% | Not available | Not available | 2.76% |
| 1965 | 6.11% | 4.38% | Not available | Not available | 3.40% |
| 1964 | 6.10% | 3.90% | Not available | Not available | 3.47% |
| 1963 | 6.10% | 4.02% | Not available | Not available | 1.97% |
| 1962 | 3.08% | 0.49% | Not available | Not available | 2.68% |
| 1961 | 3.32% | 1.27% | Not available | Not available | 1.80% |
| 1960 | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | 0.70% |
Sources and reuse
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Each series page links its original indicator, names its providers and identifies the source update date. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. World Bank, World Development Indicators; original providers are listed for each series. Annual values are rounded to two decimals; the comparison view subtracts each series’ 1996 rate. The sources do not endorse Voted.
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