New Zealand GDP growth rate history

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2.6%Q2 2026Latest published observation

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History starts: Q2 1987
History ends: Q2 2026
Frequency: Quarterly observations
Unit: Percent

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3 observations · Q2 1987 to Q4 1987

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Date or period	Value · Percent	Source
Q2 1987	0.6%	Stats NZ
Q3 1987	−1.0%	Stats NZ
Q4 1987	2.6%	Stats NZ

New Zealand GDP growth rate history by year

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New Zealand GDP growth rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2026 (to date)	2.2%	2.6%Q2 2026	1.7%Q1 2026	▲ +0.9
2025	0.3%	1.6%Q4 2025	−0.9%Q2 2025	▲ +2.3
2024	−0.3%	1.5%Q1 2024	−1.6%Q4 2024	▼ −3.1
2023	2.2%	3.2%Q1 2023	1.2%Q3 2023	▼ −1.8
2022	2.7%	7.0%Q3 2022	0.3%Q1 2022	▲ +2.8
2021	5.9%	17.8%Q2 2021	−1.2%Q3 2021	▼ −2.4
2020	−1.3%	2.2%Q3 2020	−9.7%Q2 2020	▲ +0.8
2019	3.0%	3.4%Q1 2019	2.6%Q2 2019	▼ −0.6
2018	3.3%	3.5%Q2 2018	2.9%Q3 2018	▲ +0.1
2017	3.3%	3.7%Q4 2017	3.0%Q3 2017	▲ +0.4
2016	4.0%	4.2%Q2 2016	3.4%Q4 2016	▼ −0.7
2015	3.7%	4.1%Q2 2015	3.1%Q4 2015	▼ −0.6
2014	3.8%	5.0%Q4 2014	2.9%Q2 2014	▲ +1.4
2013	2.2%	2.8%Q3 2013	1.7%Q4 2013	▼ −0.1
2012	2.6%	2.9%Q2 2012	1.9%Q3 2012	0.0
2011	1.7%	3.2%Q4 2011	0.7%Q2 2011	▲ +2.3
2010	1.8%	2.8%Q2 2010	0.2%Q4 2010	▼ −1.8
2009	−1.1%	0.8%Q4 2009	−2.1%Q1 2009	▲ +2.9
2008	−0.1%	1.5%Q1 2008	−1.6%Q4 2008	▼ −3.1
2007	3.5%	3.9%Q3 2007	3.2%Q1 2007	0.0

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New Zealand GDP growth rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2006	2.8%	3.5%Q4 2006	2.2%Q2 2006	▲ +0.2
2005	3.2%	3.7%Q3 2005	2.7%Q1 2005	▲ +0.2
2004	4.9%	6.2%Q2 2004	3.3%Q4 2004	▼ −2.5
2003	4.4%	4.7%Q3 2003	3.7%Q2 2003	0.0
2002	4.7%	4.9%Q3 2002	4.5%Q2 2002	▲ +0.3
2001	2.5%	4.0%Q4 2001	0.9%Q1 2001	▲ +3.1
2000	4.3%	6.4%Q1 2000	2.1%Q4 2000	▼ −4.3
1999	4.5%	6.1%Q4 1999	2.8%Q1 1999	▲ +3.3
1998	0.4%	1.1%Q4 1998	−0.4%Q2 1998	▲ +0.1
1997	2.5%	3.6%Q2 1997	1.2%Q4 1997	▼ −1.3
1996	4.1%	4.4%Q1 1996	3.6%Q3 1996	▼ −0.1
1995	4.9%	5.7%Q2 1995	4.2%Q4 1995	▼ −0.8
1994	5.6%	6.8%Q1 1994	4.9%Q3 1994	▼ −1.5
1993	5.2%	7.3%Q3 1993	2.1%Q1 1993	▲ +4.9
1992	0.7%	1.3%Q2 1992	0.2%Q3 1992	▲ +0.2
1991	−1.3%	−0.4%Q1 1991	−2.1%Q4 1991	▼ −1.7
1990	0.0%	1.9%Q4 1990	−1.5%Q2 1990	▲ +2.8
1989	0.4%	1.2%Q2 1989	−0.2%Q3 1989	▲ +0.3
1988	0.0%	1.6%Q1 1988	−1.5%Q4 1988	▼ −3.1
1987	0.7%	2.6%Q4 1987	−1.0%Q3 1987	▲ +2.0

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