New Zealand — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for New Zealand, 1960–2025.
GDP for New Zealand was 264.06 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 5.23 billion in 1968 (about 50.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.13% per year.
New Zealand ranks 53 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 25%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so New Zealand sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 48%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 12 of 36 economies; Myanmar (81.67 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 34% in 1973. That is 16% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 1995. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 25th of 111 in 1960 → 41st of 146 in 1970 → 46th of 163 in 1980 → 45th of 192 in 1990 → 51st of 204 in 2000 → 53rd of 212 in 2010 → 49th of 210 in 2020 → 52nd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 264,057,413,739.97 | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 261,497,198,363.91 | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 256,372,177,757.76 | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 249,723,029,451.24 | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 253,732,493,987.83 | +18.9% |
| 2020 | 213,318,129,988.6 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 213,088,034,258.42 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 211,726,161,989.5 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 206,561,943,051.35 | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 188,980,351,890.85 | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 178,147,457,242.98 | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 201,435,445,068.16 | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 190,943,478,289.8 | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 176,508,049,114.25 | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 168,458,838,711.12 | +14.7% |
| 2010 | 146,887,902,524.05 | +20.7% |
| 2009 | 121,663,439,315.39 | -8.8% |
| 2008 | 133,437,126,590.29 | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 137,188,946,865.58 | +23.0% |
| 2006 | 111,538,810,712.67 | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 114,720,129,550.1 | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 103,905,210,084.03 | +17.7% |
| 2003 | 88,250,885,550.26 | +32.5% |
| 2002 | 66,627,729,311.45 | +23.7% |
| 2001 | 53,872,425,916.62 | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 52,623,281,956.7 | -10.4% |
| 1999 | 58,762,260,625.88 | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 56,227,169,851.04 | -14.9% |
| 1997 | 66,075,143,415.5 | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 70,140,835,299.01 | +9.7% |
| 1995 | 63,918,703,506.91 | +15.6% |
| 1994 | 55,314,732,279.14 | +18.3% |
| 1993 | 46,775,620,817.43 | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 41,649,829,859.63 | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 42,745,329,732.16 | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 45,495,129,385.05 | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 43,920,222,524.71 | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 45,176,811,594.2 | +11.9% |
| 1987 | 40,376,354,069.95 | +31.9% |
| 1986 | 30,604,668,356.57 | +24.0% |
| 1985 | 24,679,795,396.42 | +13.9% |
| 1984 | 21,665,975,318.88 | -10.9% |
| 1983 | 24,309,279,705.57 | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 24,164,603,058.99 | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 24,417,617,184.25 | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 23,244,547,384.67 | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 20,731,243,113.29 | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 18,530,518,394.65 | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 15,446,825,318.46 | +13.5% |
| 1976 | 13,604,832,424.01 | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 12,861,983,284.39 | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 13,940,981,798.12 | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 12,802,281,897.87 | +33.8% |
| 1972 | 9,567,331,064.66 | +20.9% |
| 1971 | 7,911,136,757.07 | +21.8% |
| 1970 | 6,495,605,330.94 | +11.7% |
| 1969 | 5,814,357,708.51 | +11.2% |
| 1968 | 5,228,045,415.27 | -13.1% |
| 1967 | 6,016,017,227.09 | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 5,917,437,693.37 | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 5,706,251,400.2 | -22.3% |
| 1964 | 7,340,766,415.02 | +9.6% |
| 1963 | 6,699,741,645.08 | +9.2% |
| 1962 | 6,133,158,532.22 | +7.2% |
| 1961 | 5,721,994,864.23 | +3.4% |
| 1960 | 5,536,098,360.5 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was New Zealand’s GDP in 1961?
5,721,994,864.23 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are New Zealand’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +4669.7% in total — about 6.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 264,057,413,739.97; 2024: 261,497,198,363.91; 2023: 256,372,177,757.76; 2022: 249,723,029,451.24; 2021: 253,732,493,987.83. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.