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New Zealand
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: New Zealand · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
5,324,700
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 5324700 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$264.06 billion
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 264057413739.965 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$49,591
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 49591.0405731713 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
New Zealand at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Government type
parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Population
total: 5,161,211 (2024 est.) male: 2,584,607 female: 2,576,604
Area
total : 268,838 sq km land: 264,537 sq km water: 4,301 sq km note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$257.117 billion (2024 est.) $257.443 billion (2023 est.) $253.903 billion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$260.236 billion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
-0.1% (2024 est.) 1.4% (2023 est.) 3.5% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$48,200 (2024 est.) $49,100 (2023 est.) $49,600 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
2.9% (2024 est.) 5.7% (2023 est.) 7.2% (2022 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Unemployment rate
4.9% (2024 est.) 3.8% (2023 est.) 3.3% (2022 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Labor force
3.124 million (2024 est.) note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
Public debt
54% of GDP (2022 est.) note: central government debt as a % of GDP
Budget
revenues: $83.167 billion (2022 est.) expenditures: $91.782 billion (2022 est.) note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Current account balance
-$15.978 billion (2024 est.) -$17.065 billion (2023 est.) -$21.627 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$61.799 billion (2024 est.) $59.029 billion (2023 est.) $57.485 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$67.998 billion (2024 est.) $68.412 billion (2023 est.) $71.35 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
$22.065 billion (2024 est.) $15.487 billion (2023 est.) $14.4 billion (2022 est.) note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 96% (2023 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Explore the country in detail
Browse the economy, population, resources and infrastructure. These archived descriptions keep their original wording and dates; they have not been updated to describe current conditions.
31 of 31 sections
Location
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Wellington geographic coordinates: 41 18 S, 174 47 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in September; ends first Sunday in April time zone note: New Zealand has two time zones: New Zealand standard time (UTC+12) and Chatham Islands time (45 minutes in advance of New Zealand standard time; UTC+12:45) etymology: named in 1840 after Arthur WELLESLEY, the first Duke of Wellington, who was famous for his victory at Waterloo in 1815 and was a benefactor of the New Zealand Company that settled North Island
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
high-income, globally integrated Pacific island economy; strong agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism sectors; reliant on Chinese market for exports; recovery trajectory following deep post-pandemic recession; challenges of fiscal deficits, below-average productivity, cost of living, and drop in net migration
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
milk, beef, kiwifruit, apples, grapes, lamb/mutton, potatoes, wheat, barley, chicken (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
agriculture, forestry, fishing, logs and wood articles, manufacturing, mining, construction, financial services, real estate services, tourism
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
China 28%, USA 12%, Australia 12%, Japan 6%, S. Korea 3% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
milk, wood, beef, butter, sheep and goat meat (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
China 20%, Australia 11%, USA 9%, S. Korea 7%, Japan 7% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
refined petroleum, cars, gas turbines, broadcasting equipment, trucks (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
temperate with sharp regional contrasts
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
predominately mountainous with large coastal plains
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 36.9% (2023 est.) arable land: 2% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 0.3% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 34.6% (2023 est.) forest: 38.6% (2023 est.) other: 24.5% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity volcanism: significant volcanism on North Island; Ruapehu (2,797 m) has a history of large eruptions in the past century; Taranaki has the potential to produce dangerous avalanches and lahars; other historically active volcanoes include Okataina, Raoul Island, Tongariro, and White Island; see note 2 under "Geography - note"
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
English (de facto official) 95.4%, Maori (de jure official) 4%, Samoan 2.2%, Northern Chinese 2%, Hindi 1.5%, French 1.2%, Yue 1.1%, New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official) 0.5%, other or not stated 17.2% (2018 est.) note: shares sum to 124.1% due to multiple responses on the 2018 census
2018 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Christian 37.3% (Catholic 10.1%, Anglican 6.8%, Presbyterian and Congregational 5.2%, Pentecostal 1.8%, Methodist 1.6%, Church of Jesus Christ 1.2%, other 10.7%), Hindu 2.7%, Maori 1.3%, Muslim, 1.3%, Buddhist 1.1%, other religion 1.6% (includes Judaism, Spiritualism and New Age religions, Baha'i, Asian religions other than Buddhism), no religion 48.6%, objected to answering 6.7% (2018 est.) note: based on the 2018 census of the usually resident population; percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one religion
2018 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 19% (male 503,120/female 475,490) 15-64 years: 64.2% (male 1,674,407/female 1,638,276) 65 years and over: 16.9% (2024 est.) (male 407,080/female 462,838)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 87% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82.9 years (2024 est.) male: 81.2 years female: 84.8 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 10.643 million kW (2023 est.) consumption: 40.794 billion kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 3.058 billion kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 12.4% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 0.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) hydroelectricity: 59.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) geothermal: 17.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) biomass and waste: 1.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
total petroleum production: 12,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) refined petroleum consumption: 154,000 bbl/day (2024 est.) crude oil estimated reserves: 40.993 million barrels (2021 est.)
2023, 2024, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural gas
production: 3.97 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) consumption: 3.891 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) proven reserves: 31.149 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
33.506 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 4.24 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 21.836 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from consumed natural gas: 7.43 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 6.56 million (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 115 (2022 est.)
2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 1.93 million (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
206 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Railways
total: 4,128 km (2018) narrow gauge: 4,128 km (2018) 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified)
2018 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 22 (2024) large: 2 medium: 1 small: 10 very small: 9 ports with oil terminals: 14 key ports: Auckland, Bluff Harbor, Gisborne, Manukau Harbor, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Otago Harbor, Picton, Tauranga, Timaru, Wellington, Whangarei
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 4.6% (2022 est.) industry: 19.6% (2022 est.) services: 67.4% (2022 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
0.3% of GDP (2023 est.) 0.2% of GDP (2022 est.) 0.3% of GDP (2021 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2023, 2022, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
New Zealand Dollar
NZD per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 NZD = US$0.5606953
1.7005–1.7836 NZD per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | NZD per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 1.7835 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 1.7836 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1.7802 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.7803 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.7797 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.7766 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.77 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 1.7668 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 1.7639 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 1.7638 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.7637 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 1.7635 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 1.7599 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 1.7516 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1.7456 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 1.7464 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.7471 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.7468 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 1.7461 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 1.7419 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 1.7362 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.7332 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 1.7257 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 1.717 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.7168 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 1.7163 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 1.7122 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 1.7078 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 1.7057 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 1.7005 |
Daily references are not live execution prices. A check time does not change a source observation date.
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