Economy
Statistics about the economy measure:
- the goods and services New Zealand consumes and produces
- changes in prices (inflation)
- our economic relationship with the rest of the world.
We provide several indicators of the state of New Zealand's economy.
These include:
- gross domestic product (GDP)
- consumers price index (CPI)
- the unemployment rate, and other labour market statistics
- balance of payments (BOP)
- statistics about the national accounts
- overseas trade indexes
- imports and exports
- overseas cargo
- overseas debt
- productivity statistics.
Latest information releases about the economy
Overseas merchandise trade: November 2024
Overseas merchandise trade statistics provide information on imports and exports of merchandise goods between New Zealand and other countries.
Gross domestic product: September 2024 quarter
Gross domestic product (GDP) provides a snapshot of the performance of the economy. GDP is New Zealand's official measure of economic growth.
Balance of payments and international investment position: September 2024 quarter
Balance of payments records the value of the country's transactions with the rest of the world. It shows changes in financial claims on, and liabilities to, the rest of the world. International investment position is a snapshot of the country's financial assets and liabilities.
Selected price indexes: November 2024
Selected price indexes (SPI) provide monthly price changes for a selection of goods and services that New Zealand households purchase.
Latest publications about the economy
Overseas merchandise trade: November 2024
Overseas merchandise trade statistics provide information on imports and exports of merchandise goods between New Zealand and other countries.
Sweet season for kiwifruit exports
Kiwifruit exports were valued at $3.5 billion for the 2024 season.
Gross domestic product: September 2024 quarter
Gross domestic product (GDP) provides a snapshot of the performance of the economy. GDP is New Zealand's official measure of economic growth.
Overview of sources and methods for quarterly gross domestic product: Updates and COVID-19 adjustments
Provides an overview of changes to our usual quarterly GDP methods, including alternative data sources and methods we are using to measure the effects of COVID-19 in New Zealand.
Tools with data about the economy
How are my region’s emissions tracking?
Find out which industries contribute to your region’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Ariā Coding Service
Match a keyword to a category in a classification.
Which industries contributed to your region’s GDP?
An interactive tool that shows the top five industries that contributed most to a selected region’s production measure of gross domestic product (GDP).
Which industries contributed to New Zealand’s GDP?
Which industries contributed to New Zealand’s GDP? is an interactive tool that shows the top 10 industries that contributed the most to the production measure of gross domestic product in a given year.
Infoshare
Build tables from our biggest range of datasets, including long-term time series. View on screen or download Excel or CSV files.
Consumers price index visualisation
View and explore changes in the CPI basket of goods and services. Download data in CSV format.
NZ progress indicators
The data in these indicators is no longer being updated. Get a picture of how well we are living, how resources are being distributed and used, and what we are leaving for future generations.
DataInfo+
Get statistical metadata – what we measure, definitions, and how we produce statistics.
Geographic data service
Search, browse, and download geographic boundaries and maps for New Zealand, plus a selection of 2018 and 2013 Census spatial data.
Ariā
Find and download concepts and definitions, classifications, concordances, and standards used for data and statistical activities across government.
Information about data
Get technical information such as classifications used, survey design, or a glossary of statistical terms.
Metadata in DataInfo+
DataInfo+ has metadata about our statistical collections and classifications, and questionnaires and forms.
DataInfo+ concepts gives definitions of terms used by Stats NZ.
Business price indexes information – DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce business price indexes, including definitions.
Consumers price index information – DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce the consumers price index, including definitions.
Food price index information – DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce the food price index, including definitions.
National accounts – quarterlies in DataInfo+ has the general methodology used to compile gross domestic product statistics, including definitions.
Overseas trade indexes (prices and volumes) – DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce overseas trade indexes, including definitions.
Methods, sources, and user guides
Annual national accounts sources and methods is a guide to data sources and methods and the conceptual framework for New Zealand's annual national accounts.
Producers price index: concepts, sources, and methods provides information on how we compile the producers price index.
Productivity frequently asked questions
Productivity statistics: Sources and methods (10th edition) outlines the data sources, definitions, and methodologies used to compile the annual labour, capital, and multifactor productivity (MFP) indexes.
Quarterly gross domestic product: Sources and methods (fifth edition) is a guide to the concepts and methods used to compile GDP in New Zealand.