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New Zealand — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for New Zealand, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.46%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -86.0% since 1961
GDP growth for New Zealand was 0.46% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.19% in 1969. The lowest was -4.59% in 1967 (about -9.9× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.03% per year.
New Zealand ranks 190 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 90%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.62%, so New Zealand sits below it. It peaked in 1969 and has fallen 95% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 88%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.46%
First (1961)
3.32%
Change
-86.0%
Highest
10.19%
in 1969
Lowest
-4.59%
in 1967
Average
2.61%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.03%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.46% |
| 2024 | -0.87% |
| 2023 | 1.81% |
| 2022 | 3.35% |
| 2021 | 4.3% |
| 2020 | -0.24% |
| 2019 | 2.32% |
| 2018 | 3.32% |
| 2017 | 3.32% |
| 2016 | 3.74% |
| 2015 | 3.73% |
| 2014 | 3.82% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.