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Government Spending / New Zealand
Public Finance

New Zealand Government Spending

New Zealand government spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 20.87 percent.
COUNTRY: New Zealand
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-07 11:21:25
Economy Data Rating
New Zealand · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
81 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 16.6 / 20
External stability 12.9 / 15
Financial robustness 11.3 / 15
Structural stability 7 / 10
Future capacity 8 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.1 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1970–2022 1970– 2022
1970 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

New Zealand · general government final consumption expenditure as a percentage of gdp.

1970–2022
20.87 percent of GDP
21.07 percent of GDP
19.15 percent of GDP
18 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2022
government spending rate reference line

Countries by government spending

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 37.92
Sweden 26.32
Finland 25.62
Iceland 25.14
Netherlands 24.91
Kuwait 24.6
Belgium 23.53
France 23.09

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Australia 22.15
United States 13.94
China 16.63
Germany 21.06
France 23.09

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.CON.GOVT.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-07 11:21:25

New Zealand Snapshot

country profile
Population 5.29 m
GDP 260.17 bn
Debt/GDP 52.25%
Inflation 2.84%
Unemployment 5.08%
Currency n/a
Region Oceania
Income group High income

New Zealand Government Spending: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Spending for New Zealand. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: new zealand government spending rate, government spending data new zealand, new zealand government spending statistics, new zealand percent of gdp, general government final consumption expenditure as a percentage of gdp..