# GDP per capita growth in New Zealand

GDP per capita growth in New Zealand was -0.19% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `gdp_per_capita_growth`
- Place id: `nz`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Annual percentage change in real GDP per person, from GDP at constant 2015 US dollars divided by mid-year population. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Below gdp_growth when the population grows, above it when the population shrinks. Wars and oil shocks move it by tens of points in a year.
- Source: World Bank, GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/new-zealand
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=gdp_per_capita_growth&place=nz

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | -0.19 |
| 2024 | -2.56 |
| 2023 | -0.5 |
| 2022 | 3.4 |
| 2021 | 4.05 |
| 2020 | -2.25 |
| 2019 | 0.89 |
| 2018 | 1.49 |
| 2017 | 1.18 |
| 2016 | 1.44 |
| 2015 | 1.64 |
| 2014 | 2.11 |
| 2013 | 1.78 |
| 2012 | 1.74 |
| 2011 | 1.37 |
| 2010 | 0.35 |
| 2009 | -1.03 |
| 2008 | -1.86 |
| 2007 | 2.11 |
| 2006 | 1.53 |
| 2005 | 2.19 |
| 2004 | 2.55 |
| 2003 | 2.68 |
| 2002 | 2.91 |
| 2001 | 2.81 |
| 2000 | 2.27 |
| 1999 | 4.83 |
| 1998 | -0.04 |
| 1997 | 0.74 |
| 1996 | 1.96 |
| 1995 | 3.21 |
| 1994 | 3.72 |
| 1993 | 5.18 |
| 1992 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | -5.75 |
| 1990 | -0.78 |
| 1989 | -0.31 |
| 1988 | -0.61 |
| 1987 | 0.1 |
| 1986 | 2.74 |
| 1985 | 0.99 |
| 1984 | 3.89 |
| 1983 | 2.09 |
| 1982 | -0.07 |
| 1981 | 4.25 |
| 1980 | 1.16 |
| 1979 | 2.59 |
| 1978 | 0.29 |
| 1977 | -4.23 |
| 1976 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | -3.62 |
| 1974 | 3.81 |
| 1973 | 5.71 |
| 1972 | 3.28 |
| 1971 | 2.25 |
| 1970 | -2.73 |
| 1969 | 9.21 |
| 1968 | -0.92 |
| 1967 | -6.28 |
| 1966 | 4.36 |
| 1965 | 4.38 |
| 1964 | 3.9 |
| 1963 | 4.02 |
| 1962 | 0.49 |
| 1961 | 1.27 |