New Zealand — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · 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. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
New Zealand's current account reading was −3.59% of GDP in 2025. The period change from −4.62% of GDP in 2024 was +1.03 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of −4.17% of GDP.
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- Annual data, 1951–2031
- Quarterly data, 1971–2027
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Latest observations
2015–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | -2.89 % of GDP |
| 2030 | -3.12 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -3.32 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -3.59 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -3.79 % of GDP |
12 earlier values, back to 2015
| 2026 | -3.99 % of GDP |
| 2025 | -3.59 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -4.62 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -6.18 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -8.57 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -5.52 % of GDP |
| 2020 | -1.25 % of GDP |
| 2019 | -2.84 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -4.21 % of GDP |
| 2017 | -2.86 % of GDP |
| 2016 | -2.05 % of GDP |
| 2015 | -2.67 % of GDP |