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%.
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New Zealand · government spending data as percent of GDP.
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Interpretation
New Zealand recorded 20.87% for Government Spending in 2022, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2021, the indicator decreased by 0.20 percentage points, from 21.07% to 20.87%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (19.15%).
Across the five latest available observations (2018–2022), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 17.90% in 2017 and the high was 21.07% in 2021.