International Monetary Fund · Public Sector
New Zealand: DEBT (IMF)
29.95percent · 2015+61.9% since 2005
DEBT <br/> Note: Median value reported for country groupings Annual figures for New Zealand from 1860 to 2015.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 29.95 | |
| 2014 | 30.32 | |
| 2013 | 30.8 | |
| 2012 | 31.95 | |
| 2011 | 31.54 | |
| 2010 | 26.87 | |
| 2009 | 21.65 | |
| 2008 | 16.89 | |
| 2007 | 14.51 | |
| 2006 | 16.37 | |
| 2005 | 18.5 | |
| 2004 | 20.03 | |
| 2003 | 21.98 | |
| 2002 | 23.5 | |
| 2001 | 25.07 | |
| 2000 | 26.72 | |
| 1999 | 35.83 | |
| 1998 | 37.61 | |
| 1997 | 36.99 | |
| 1996 | 44.78 | |
| 1995 | 50.65 | |
| 1994 | 57.05 | |
| 1993 | 63.1 | |
| 1992 | 64.58 | |
| 1991 | 60.06 | |
| 1990 | 61.71 | |
| 1989 | 58.4 | |
| 1988 | 62.35 | |
| 1987 | 76.05 | |
| 1986 | 70.67 | |
| 1985 | 71.79 | |
| 1984 | 62.8 | |
| 1983 | 59.64 | |
| 1982 | 51.56 | |
| 1981 | 50.53 | |
| 1980 | 52.27 | |
| 1979 | 52.01 | |
| 1978 | 49.99 | |
| 1977 | 44.6 | |
| 1976 | 47.63 | |
| 1975 | 41.6 | |
| 1974 | 40.6 | |
| 1973 | 44.34 | |
| 1972 | 46.36 | |
| 1971 | 51.56 | |
| 1970 | 56.04 | |
| 1969 | 62.58 | |
| 1968 | 62.56 | |
| 1967 | 59.72 | |
| 1966 | 58.19 | |
| 1965 | 59.63 | |
| 1964 | 61.78 | |
| 1963 | 64.49 | |
| 1962 | 64.97 | |
| 1961 | 64.61 | |
| 1960 | 68.05 | |
| 1959 | 70.36 | |
| 1958 | 70.29 | |
| 1957 | 72.86 | |
| 1956 | 74.28 | |
| 1955 | 77.62 | |
| 1954 | 83.37 | |
| 1953 | 87.37 | |
| 1952 | 89.58 | |
| 1951 | 94.74 | |
| 1950 | 121.05 | |
| 1949 | 129.49 | |
| 1948 | 124.27 | |
| 1947 | 140.87 | |
| 1946 | 147.55 | |
| 1945 | 147.22 | |
| 1944 | 139.38 | |
| 1943 | 137.15 | |
| 1942 | 131.29 | |
| 1941 | 128.75 | |
| 1940 | 128.07 | |
| 1939 | 129.61 | |
| 1938 | 135.75 | |
| 1937 | 147.95 | |
| 1936 | 179.97 | |
| 1935 | 205.07 | |
| 1934 | 235.98 | |
| 1933 | 246.56 | |
| 1932 | 233.13 | |
| 1931 | 190.18 | |
| 1930 | 164.31 | |
| 1929 | 163.31 | |
| 1928 | 171.03 | |
| 1927 | 164.14 | |
| 1926 | 145.88 | |
| 1925 | 142.26 | |
| 1924 | 146.2 | |
| 1923 | 155.13 | |
| 1922 | 136.3 | |
| 1921 | 117.67 | |
| 1920 | 132.65 | |
| 1919 | 137.66 | |
| 1918 | 128.11 | |
| 1917 | 116.52 | |
| 1916 | 102.65 | |
| 1915 | 106.01 | |
| 1914 | 118.58 | |
| 1913 | 112.01 | |
| 1912 | 105.72 | |
| 1911 | 106.49 | |
| 1910 | 112.09 | |
| 1909 | 110.06 | |
| 1908 | 95.9 | |
| 1907 | 99.54 | |
| 1906 | 109.87 | |
| 1905 | 120.73 | |
| 1904 | 119.84 | |
| 1903 | 124.47 | |
| 1902 | 129.79 | |
| 1901 | 119.15 | |
| 1900 | 124.41 | |
| 1899 | 132.07 | |
| 1898 | 129.49 | |
| 1897 | 128.13 | |
| 1896 | 136.47 | |
| 1895 | 132.68 | |
| 1894 | 125.57 | |
| 1893 | 120.49 | |
| 1892 | 120.96 | |
| 1891 | 121.7 | |
| 1890 | 119.65 | |
| 1889 | 129.87 | |
| 1888 | 126.35 | |
| 1887 | 123.06 | |
| 1886 | 116.65 | |
| 1885 | 104.77 | |
| 1884 | 103.63 | |
| 1883 | 95.67 | |
| 1882 | 92.83 | |
| 1881 | 91.87 | |
| 1880 | 90.44 | |
| 1879 | 69.83 | |
| 1878 | 67.53 | |
| 1877 | 71.22 | |
| 1876 | 62.8 | |
| 1875 | 64.24 | |
| 1874 | 51.52 | |
| 1873 | 50.19 | |
| 1872 | 55.61 | |
| 1871 | 53.74 | |
| 1870 | 45.84 | |
| 1869 | 39.15 | |
| 1868 | 23.94 | |
| 1867 | 22.31 | |
| 1866 | 22.22 | |
| 1865 | 21.04 | |
| 1864 | 11.77 | |
| 1863 | 5.67 | |
| 1862 | 8.2 | |
| 1861 | 7.79 | |
| 1860 | 9.41 |
Source
Published by International Monetary Fund, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
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- Chile
- China
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- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Taiwan, Province of China
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
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- Zimbabwe
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