Current account balance in New Zealand
The current account balance of New Zealand was -3.5% of GDP in 2025.
New Zealand, 2025
-3.5%
Change from 2024
+1.1percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
0.6%
Current account balance in New Zealand over time
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New Zealand
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -3.5% |
| 2024 | -4.6% |
| 2023 | -6.1% |
| 2022 | -8.8% |
| 2021 | -5.6% |
| 2020 | -1.1% |
| 2019 | -2.8% |
| 2018 | -4.2% |
| 2017 | -2.9% |
| 2016 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | -2.6% |
| 2014 | -3.1% |
| 2013 | -3.1% |
| 2012 | -3.9% |
| 2011 | -2.9% |
| 2010 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | -2.5% |
| 2008 | -7.7% |
| 2007 | -6.8% |
| 2006 | -7.1% |
| 2005 | -7.0% |
| 2004 | -4.5% |
| 2003 | -2.4% |
| 2002 | -2.1% |
| 2001 | -0.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from -4.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -2.6%, the figure has changed by −0.9 percentage points.