New Zealand — General government expenditure

millions of LCU · Annual · 1876–2030 · 155 observations

About this series

General government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period.

New Zealand's general government expenditure reading was 185.12B LCU in 2025. The period change from 181.34B LCU in 2024 was +2.09%. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 42.4% in 2025.

10.00M100.00M1.00B10.00B100.00B1876200020102030LCUSubscribe to view

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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
2030203.92B LCU
2029202.05B LCU
2028197.98B LCU
2027194.24B LCU
2026190.57B LCU
15 earlier values
2025185.12B LCU
2024181.34B LCU
2023174.87B LCU
2022161.35B LCU
2021154.44B LCU
2020146.23B LCU
2019123.69B LCU
2018110.66B LCU
2017103.61B LCU
201699.41B LCU
201593.39B LCU
201491.31B LCU
201389.05B LCU
201286.90B LCU
201187.02B LCU

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.