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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT New Zealand 2021

New Zealand national debt goes up

In 2021 New Zealand public debt was 99,898 million euros118,232 million dollars, has increased 20,29127,378 million since 2020.

This amount means that the debt in 2021 reached 47.41% of New Zealand GDP, a 4.25 percentage point rise from 2020, when it was 43.16% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of New Zealand debt. It has risen since 2011 in global debt terms, when it was 41,653 million euros 57,969 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 34.72%.

According to the last data point published, New Zealand per capita debt in 2021 was 19,542 euros23,128 dollars per inhabitant. In 2020 it was 15,652 euros 17,864 dollars, afterwards rising by 3,890 euros5,264 dollars, and if we again check 2011 we can see that then the debt per person was 9,497 euros13,217 dollars .

The position of New Zealand, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2021 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 62 in the list of debt to GDP and 162 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
202199,898118,23247.41%€19,542$23,128
202079,60790,85443.16%€15,652$17,864
201959,95567,12631.80%€12,025$13,463
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