Stacked bars
What New Zealand's economy runs on
Spending by households, government and investment, and net exports, as shares of GDP each year
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
World Bank national accounts. The parts can miss 100 by a few points (the statistical discrepancy).
What this chart reads
- New Zealand · Household Consumption · % of GDPas “Households”latest 2024-12-31
- New Zealand · Government Consumption · % of GDPas “Government”latest 2024-12-31
- New Zealand · Investment (Gross Capital Formation) · % of GDPas “Investment”latest 2024-12-31
- New Zealand · Net Exports · % of GDPas “Net exports”latest 2024-12-31
Sources
New Zealand · Household Consumption · % of GDP. Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.PRVT.ZS ("Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)"), from national accounts data compiled by the World Bank and the OECD. Licence CC BY 4.0 (the indicator's WDI metadata License_Type, checked 2026-10-21); attribution: The World Bank, World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.CON.PRVT.ZS. Synced monthly.
New Zealand · Government Consumption · % of GDP. Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.GOVT.ZS ("General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)"), from national accounts data compiled by the World Bank and the OECD. Licence CC BY 4.0 (the indicator's WDI metadata License_Type, checked 2026-10-21); attribution: The World Bank, World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.CON.GOVT.ZS. Synced monthly.
New Zealand · Investment (Gross Capital Formation) · % of GDP. Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS ("Gross capital formation (% of GDP)"), from national accounts data compiled by the World Bank and the OECD. Licence CC BY 4.0 (the indicator's WDI metadata License_Type, checked 2026-10-21); attribution: The World Bank, World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS. Synced monthly.
New Zealand · Net Exports · % of GDP. Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.RSB.GNFS.ZS ("External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)"), from national accounts data compiled by the World Bank and the OECD. Licence CC BY 4.0 (the indicator's WDI metadata License_Type, checked 2026-10-21); attribution: The World Bank, World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.RSB.GNFS.ZS. Synced monthly.
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