New Zealand — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · 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. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
New Zealand's current account reading was −5.08% of GDP in 2025. The period change from −6.12% of GDP in 2024 was +1.05 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of −4.66% of GDP.
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- Annual data, 1951–2030
- Quarterly data, 1971–2026
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Latest observations
2015–2030
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2030 | -3.39 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -3.6 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -3.95 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -4.15 % of GDP |
| 2026 | -5.14 % of GDP |
11 earlier values, back to 2015
| 2025 | -5.08 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -6.12 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -7.07 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -9.1 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -5.87 % of GDP |
| 2020 | -1.35 % of GDP |
| 2019 | -2.85 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -4.2 % of GDP |
| 2017 | -2.85 % of GDP |
| 2016 | -2.07 % of GDP |
| 2015 | -2.71 % of GDP |