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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT New Zealand 2018

Public debt in New Zealand goes down

In 2018 New Zealand public debt was 49,851 million euros58,898 million dollars, has decreased 6,2764,485 million since 2017.

This amount means that the debt in 2018 reached 28.1% of New Zealand GDP, a 3.02 percentage point fall from 2017, when it was 31.12% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of New Zealand debt. It has risen since 2008 in global debt terms, when it was 17,493 million euros 25,725 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 19%.

According to the last data point published, New Zealand per capita debt in 2018 was 10,169 euros12,015 dollars per inhabitant. In 2017 it was 11,657 euros 13,164 dollars, afterwards dropping by 1,488 euros 1,149dollars, and if we again check 2008 we can see that then the debt per person was 4,104 euros6,036 dollars .

The position of New Zealand, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2018 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 30 in the list of debt to GDP and 154 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in New Zealand. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about New Zealand in economy of New Zealand.

New Zealand: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
201849,85158,89828.10%€10,169$12,015
201756,12763,38331.12%€11,657$13,164
201656,06562,04133.36%€11,886$13,153
201554,33360,28934.20%€11,778$13,069
201451,47868,40634.18%€11,389$15,134
201348,71764,70334.57%€10,955$14,550
201248,64462,53735.73%€11,028$14,177
201141,65357,96934.72%€9,497$13,217
201032,51443,13929.68%€7,469$9,910
200921,25729,61724.34%€4,938$6,880
200817,49325,72519.00%€4,104$6,036
200716,04721,99516.31%€3,797$5,205
200616,08120,19318.40%€3,843$4,825
200518,90823,53720.78%€4,572$5,691
200418,39022,86522.51%€4,497$5,592
200318,01320,37024.72%€4,472$5,057
200217,33716,38226.40%€4,388$4,146
200116,70414,96128.16%€4,297$3,849
200017,58816,25130.03%€4,556$4,210
199917,66418,84532.00%€4,604$4,911
199819,58834.48%$5,133
199723,85934.65%$6,307
199625,74537.26%$6,895
199527,06343.47%$7,362
199425,88648.93%$7,147
199324,45754.60%$6,843
199224,36058.66%$6,895
199125,19758.01%$7,208
199025,38155.45%$7,452
198924,22954.95%$7,198
198824,89254.77%$7,473
198723,25462.97%$7,045
198618,78468.57%$5,741
198514,45464.21%$4,458
New Zealand: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

New Zealand: Evolution of debt in millions