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

PeriodValue
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
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.