Oceania · NZL

New Zealand market indicators

A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.

Capital
Wellington
Income group
High income
World Bank region
East Asia & Pacific
Country codes
NZL · NZ

GDP per capita

$49,591
2025current US$

Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.

GDP growth

0.46%
2025annual %

Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.

Inflation

2.84%
2025annual %

Annual change in consumer prices.

Population

5,324,700
2025people

Total resident population.

Internet use

93.52%
2024% of population

Share of people who used the internet recently.

Unemployment

5.08%
2025% of labor force

Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.

Trade openness

50.66%
2024% of GDP

Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.

Data-led reading

What the latest series says

Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.

Income trend

$49,591 per person

New Zealand's GDP per capita was $49,591 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it increased by 17.9% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.

Economic pulse

0.46% real growth

Real GDP growth was 0.46% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 2.84% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 5.08% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.

Digital reach

93.52% online

Internet use reached 93.52% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 38.05 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.

People & connections

5,324,700 residents

The population grew at 0.65% in 2025. Life expectancy was 82.01 years, while exports plus imports equaled 50.66% of GDP in their respective latest observations.

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