Nominal GDP
$264.06B
current US$ · 2025
World Bank
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Economy Snapshot
New Zealand Economy and Trade
WellingtonLocal time
GDP $264.06B · real growth 0.5% · latest verified annual data
Nominal output in New Zealand is shown at $264.06B for 2025; the latest real-growth observation on this page is 0.5% for 2025. GDP per capita is $49,591 for 2025, and CPI inflation is 2.8% for 2025. Each measure keeps its own reference period below, avoiding a false same-year comparison between series released on different schedules.
GDP per capita
$49,591
current US$ · 2025
Source listed below
Real GDP growth
0.5%
annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Inflation
2.8%
CPI annual % · 2025
Source listed below
New Zealand at a Glance
Each measure keeps its actual reference year and definition.
Output trend
Nominal GDP · annual observations · current US$ · World Bank
2015: $178.15B2016: $188.98B2017: $206.56B2018: $211.73B2019: $213.09B2020: $213.32B2021: $253.73B2022: $249.72B2023: $256.37B2024: $261.50B2025: $264.06B
GDP per capita$49,591
Real growth0.5%
GDP year2025
2025 Inflation
2.8%
CPI annual %
2025 Unemployment
5.1%
labor-market measure
2025 GDP per capita
$49,591
current US$
Macro signals
Available measures are shown with their reported reference periods.
Macro signals
World Bank annual observations
Real growth20250.5%
Unemployment20255.1%
Inflation20252.8%
Understand the numbers
What New Zealand's economic profile is telling you
New Zealand's current World Bank annual series reports nominal GDP of about $264 billion and real growth of 0.5 percent in 2025. Inflation was 2.8 percent and modeled unemployment 5.1 percent. A merchandise balance remains unavailable until a clean matched trade pair is independently verified.
Reading the macro data
Nominal GDP measures current-dollar size. Real growth, inflation and unemployment describe different economic conditions and can have different reference years.
Reading the trade data
Merchandise trade covers goods. A balance appears only when exports and imports have a verified matching year and currency basis.
Detailed Economic Data
| Indicator | New Zealand | Reference period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPcurrent US$ | $264.06B | 2025 | Actual |
| GDP per capitacurrent US$ | $49,591 | 2025 | Actual |
| Real GDP growthannual % | 0.5% | 2025 | Actual |
| InflationCPI annual % | 2.8% | 2025 | Actual |
| Unemploymentmodeled ILO estimate | 5.1% | 2025 | Estimate |
| Merchandise balancematched year required | Not calculated | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is New Zealand's latest GDP?
The verified GDP observation used here is $264.06B for 2025.
What does merchandise trade show for New Zealand?
A matched merchandise export and import pair was not independently resolved on this page, so no goods balance is calculated.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the economic indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Core macroeconomic indicators with explicit reference years.
Official data: GDP · GDP per capita · Real growth · Inflation · Unemployment
Matched-year merchandise trade where independently resolved.
Official data: WTO economy profiles