New Zealand — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for New Zealand, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for New Zealand was 49,591 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 49,902 in 2021. The lowest was 1,902 in 1968 (about 26.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.81% per year.
New Zealand ranks 33 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so New Zealand sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 28%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 5 of 36 economies; Guam (41,833) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 31% in 1973. That is 10% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1977; grown tenfold by 2004. Doubling roughly every 15 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 2nd of 111 in 1960 → 27th of 146 in 1970 → 34th of 163 in 1980 → 32nd of 192 in 1990 → 46th of 204 in 2000 → 38th of 212 in 2010 → 29th of 210 in 2020 → 23rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49,591.04 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 49,432.36 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 49,302.34 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 49,141.63 | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 49,902.15 | +18.7% |
| 2020 | 42,054.67 | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 42,872.27 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 43,204.13 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 42,912.15 | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 40,088.32 | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 38,648.73 | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 44,599.9 | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 42,984.96 | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 40,041.75 | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 38,425.83 | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 33,761.9 | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 28,276.73 | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 31,324.74 | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 32,479.98 | +21.9% |
| 2006 | 26,654.59 | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 27,751.07 | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 25,420.23 | +16.0% |
| 2003 | 21,913.71 | +29.9% |
| 2002 | 16,874.19 | +21.5% |
| 2001 | 13,882.86 | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 13,641.1 | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 15,322.22 | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 14,738.45 | -15.7% |
| 1997 | 17,474.19 | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 18,794.44 | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 17,400.42 | +13.9% |
| 1994 | 15,280.31 | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 13,094.35 | +11.0% |
| 1992 | 11,793.14 | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 12,230.07 | -10.5% |
| 1990 | 13,663.02 | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 13,312.39 | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 13,759.16 | +11.6% |
| 1987 | 12,330.92 | +30.8% |
| 1986 | 9,427.55 | +24.0% |
| 1985 | 7,600.57 | +13.2% |
| 1984 | 6,713.76 | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 7,598.31 | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 7,656.48 | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 7,813.89 | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 7,467.17 | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 6,668.14 | +12.3% |
| 1978 | 5,936.99 | +19.9% |
| 1977 | 4,950.59 | +13.2% |
| 1976 | 4,373.84 | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 4,171.77 | -9.5% |
| 1974 | 4,610.57 | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 4,323.2 | +31.2% |
| 1972 | 3,294.65 | +18.8% |
| 1971 | 2,772.92 | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 2,311.03 | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 2,096.93 | +10.2% |
| 1968 | 1,902.42 | -13.9% |
| 1967 | 2,208.44 | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 2,211.38 | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 2,171 | -23.5% |
| 1964 | 2,839.32 | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 2,646.24 | +7.1% |
| 1962 | 2,471.06 | +4.5% |
| 1961 | 2,364.75 | +1.3% |
| 1960 | 2,334.13 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was New Zealand’s GDP per capita in 1961?
2,364.75 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are New Zealand’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is New Zealand’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2024.6% in total — about 4.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 49,591.04; 2024: 49,432.36; 2023: 49,302.34; 2022: 49,141.63; 2021: 49,902.15. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.