New Zealand — Government consumption

millions of LCU · Annual · 1950–2026 · 77 observations

About this series

Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure.

For New Zealand, the government consumption reading stood at 93.31B LCU in 2025. Against 90.86B LCU in 2024, the period change was +2.69%. It was above the selected 10-year average of 70.48B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 21.4% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2011–2026

PeriodValue
202695.57B LCU
202593.31B LCU
202490.86B LCU
202386.12B LCU
202281.35B LCU
11 earlier values, back to 2011
202173.40B LCU
202065.31B LCU
201959.63B LCU
201854.83B LCU
201751.40B LCU
201648.62B LCU
201546.84B LCU
201445.16B LCU
201343.15B LCU
201241.97B LCU
201141.54B LCU
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.