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New Zealand — Current account

millions of NZD · Annual · 1951–2031 · 81 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero.

In New Zealand, the current account reading was −16.15B NZD in 2025, compared with −19.98B NZD in 2024. The period change was +3.83B NZD. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −3.59% in 2025.

-40.00B-30.00B-20.00B-10.00B010.00B1951201520202031NZDSubscribe to view

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  • Annual data, 1951–2031
  • Quarterly data, 1971–2027
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Latest observations

2015–2031

PeriodValue
2031-16.90B NZD
2030-17.53B NZD
2029-17.89B NZD
2028-18.50B NZD
2027-18.66B NZD
12 earlier values, back to 2015
2026-18.80B NZD
2025-16.15B NZD
2024-19.98B NZD
2023-25.82B NZD
2022-33.76B NZD
2021-19.79B NZD
2020-4.10B NZD
2019-9.19B NZD
2018-12.89B NZD
2017-8.33B NZD
2016-5.57B NZD
2015-6.81B NZD
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.