New Zealand — Current account

millions of LCU · Annual · 1951–2030 · 80 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 −22.17B LCU in 2025, compared with −25.74B LCU in 2024. The period change was +3.57B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −5.08% in 2025.

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  • Annual data, 1951–2030
  • Quarterly data, 1971–2026
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Latest observations

2015–2030

PeriodValue
2030-18.28B LCU
2029-18.58B LCU
2028-19.57B LCU
2027-19.70B LCU
2026-23.37B LCU
11 earlier values, back to 2015
2025-22.17B LCU
2024-25.74B LCU
2023-28.63B LCU
2022-34.69B LCU
2021-20.71B LCU
2020-4.36B LCU
2019-9.10B LCU
2018-12.72B LCU
2017-8.16B LCU
2016-5.52B LCU
2015-6.82B LCU
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.