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Government Debt / New Zealand
Public Finance

New Zealand Government Debt

Current and historical government debt data for New Zealand, including latest value (52.25), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: New Zealand
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00
Economy Data Rating
New Zealand · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
82 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17.2 / 20
External stability 12.9 / 15
Financial robustness 11.3 / 15
Structural stability 7 / 10
Future capacity 8 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.7 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2002–2024 2002– 2024
2002 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

New Zealand · central government debt as a percentage of gdp.

2002–2024
52.25 percent of GDP
50.11 percent of GDP
44.56 percent of GDP
25 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2024
government debt rate reference line

Countries by government debt

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Singapore 175.61 high
United Kingdom 131.07 high
United States 117.97 high
Bahrain 111.6 high
Spain 105.64 high
Jordan 102.85 medium
Israel 88.24 medium
Egypt 85.79 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Australia 57.88
United States 117.97
Germany 20.85
United Kingdom 131.07
Brazil 81.86

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Interest Payments GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00

New Zealand Snapshot

country profile
Population 5.29 m
GDP 260.17 bn
Debt/GDP 52.25%
Inflation 2.92%
Unemployment 5.08%
Currency n/a
Region Oceania
Income group High income

New Zealand Government Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Debt for New Zealand. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: new zealand government debt rate, government debt data new zealand, new zealand government debt statistics, new zealand percent of gdp.