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Gross domestic product (annual): NZ data and downloads

GDP, nominal (expenditure measure) was $451,543 million in Year to Mar 2026, up $19,521 million on a year earlier.

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Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.

Gross domestic product (annual)
GDP, nominal (expenditure measure)GDP, real (production measure, chain-volume)
Gross domestic product (annual). GDP, nominal (expenditure measure), Year to Mar 1972 to Year to Mar 2026, latest $451,543 million. GDP, real (production measure, chain-volume), Year to Mar 1978 to Year to Mar 2026, latest $283,313 million.0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000Year to Mar 1972Year to Mar 1982Year to Mar 1992Year to Mar 2002Year to Mar 2012Year to Mar 2022Year to Mar 2026
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PeriodGDP, nominal (expenditure measure) ($m)GDP, real (production measure, chain-volume) ($m)
Year to Mar 2026$451,543 million$283,313 million
Year to Mar 2025$432,022 million$280,775 million
Year to Mar 2024$417,405 million$283,207 million
Year to Mar 2023$393,767 million$278,202 million
Year to Mar 2022$358,425 million$269,017 million
Year to Mar 2021$328,902 million$257,907 million
Year to Mar 2020$323,124 million$258,552 million
Year to Mar 2019$305,831 million$252,648 million
Year to Mar 2018$290,605 million$244,502 million
Year to Mar 2017$271,405 million$236,656 million
Year to Mar 2016$255,169 million$228,124 million
Year to Mar 2015$242,551 million$219,917 million
Year to Mar 2014$232,838 million$211,822 million
Year to Mar 2013$217,861 million$206,524 million
Year to Mar 2012$213,237 million$201,876 million
Year to Mar 2011$203,856 million$197,637 million
Year to Mar 2010$194,770 million$194,771 million
Year to Mar 2009$189,841 million$194,849 million
Year to Mar 2008$186,673 million$196,868 million
Year to Mar 2007$172,004 million$191,017 million
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Year to Mar 2026GDP, nominal (expenditure measure) $451,543 millionGDP, real (production measure, chain-volume) $283,313 million
Gross domestic product (annual). GDP, nominal (expenditure measure): $451,543 million in Year to Mar 2026. GDP, real (production measure, chain-volume): $283,313 million in Year to Mar 2026.

Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa.

Gross domestic product (annual): NZ data and downloads: definitions

The total value of goods and services produced in New Zealand each year (years ending March). Shown in current prices (nominal) and in real terms (chain-volume, removing the effect of price changes).

Gross domestic product (annual): NZ data and downloads: comparison limits

These affect how the figures can be compared.

  • Nominal and real GDP use different measures (expenditure vs production) as published by Stats NZ.
  • GDP is revised as more information arrives.

Gross domestic product (annual): NZ data and downloads: data by period

The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.

PeriodGDP, nominal (expenditure measure)GDP, real (production measure, chain-volume)
Year to Mar 2026$451,543 million$283,313 million
Year to Mar 2025$432,022 million$280,775 million
Year to Mar 2024$417,405 million$283,207 million
Year to Mar 2023$393,767 million$278,202 million
Year to Mar 2022$358,425 million$269,017 million
Year to Mar 2021$328,902 million$257,907 million
Year to Mar 2020$323,124 million$258,552 million
Year to Mar 2019$305,831 million$252,648 million
Year to Mar 2018$290,605 million$244,502 million
Year to Mar 2017$271,405 million$236,656 million

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