NZ GDP Growth
Annual real GDP growth in New Zealand, measured at constant prices.
Latest year in this collection
2025: 0.46%. This is the latest annual observation in the 17 September 2026 download, not a live economic release. No 2026 value is estimated.
What this indicator measures
This is the change in total economic output from the previous year. It is a growth rate, not the size of the economy in dollars. A negative value means recorded real output fell.
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.
Showing economic data beside political history does not establish causation or measure a government's performance.
Real GDP growth: annual history
| Year | Real GDP growth (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.46% |
| 2024 | -0.87% |
| 2023 | 1.81% |
| 2022 | 3.35% |
| 2021 | 4.30% |
| 2020 | -0.24% |
| 2019 | 2.32% |
| 2018 | 3.32% |
| 2017 | 3.32% |
| 2016 | 3.74% |
| 2015 | 3.73% |
| 2014 | 3.82% |
| 2013 | 2.56% |
| 2012 | 2.30% |
| 2011 | 2.14% |
| 2010 | 1.47% |
| 2009 | -0.04% |
| 2008 | -1.03% |
| 2007 | 3.06% |
| 2006 | 2.77% |
| 2005 | 3.35% |
| 2004 | 4.09% |
| 2003 | 4.73% |
| 2002 | 4.72% |
| 2001 | 3.42% |
| 2000 | 2.87% |
| 1999 | 5.38% |
| 1998 | 0.86% |
| 1997 | 2.08% |
| 1996 | 3.59% |
| 1995 | 4.74% |
| 1994 | 5.11% |
| 1993 | 6.38% |
| 1992 | 1.10% |
| 1991 | -1.08% |
| 1990 | 0.14% |
| 1989 | 0.16% |
| 1988 | -0.33% |
| 1987 | 0.96% |
| 1986 | 2.71% |
| 1985 | 1.62% |
| 1984 | 4.79% |
| 1983 | 3.49% |
| 1982 | 0.93% |
| 1981 | 4.66% |
| 1980 | 1.28% |
| 1979 | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 0.32% |
| 1977 | -3.94% |
| 1976 | 0.93% |
| 1975 | -1.73% |
| 1974 | 5.99% |
| 1973 | 7.80% |
| 1972 | 5.12% |
| 1971 | 3.79% |
| 1970 | -1.40% |
| 1969 | 10.19% |
| 1968 | -0.05% |
| 1967 | -4.59% |
| 1966 | 6.25% |
| 1965 | 6.11% |
| 1964 | 6.10% |
| 1963 | 6.10% |
| 1962 | 3.08% |
| 1961 | 3.32% |
Source, definition and dates
World Bank — World Development Indicators: Real GDP growth, New Zealand
Read the source definition
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.
Displayed values are rounded to two decimal places. Missing values remain unavailable; the recorded source values are unchanged. The sources do not endorse Voted. Full acknowledgements.
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