New Zealand Current Account (% of GDP)
New Zealand's overall balance with the rest of the world, trade in goods and services plus net investment income, as a share of GDP.
−3.6%
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2000 to 2025
Source: World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · % of GDP, annual.
New Zealand Current Account (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In New Zealand, the current account rose by 1.0pp in 2025, from −4.6% in 2024.
It is the highest reading since 2020.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −8.8% in 2022 to −1.1% in 2020.
Its average since 2000 is −4.0%, and the latest reading is above that.
New Zealand is 18th of 19 countries in our Current Account to GDP by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- World Bank
- Series
- BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-07. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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