What is GDP per person?
Nominal GDP per person was $84,690 (Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, Year to Mar 2026).
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Gross domestic product divided by population, as published by Stats NZ, for years ending March from 1992. The real (chain-volume) measure strips out inflation so years can be compared; real gross national disposable income per person is shown alongside.
Average output per person, not income received by a typical household. Real values are in chain-volume dollars of Stats NZ's reference year, so they are comparable over time but not with today's dollars.
Output, household income and population describe different parts of the economy. Dividing a total by population gives a per person figure, while adjusting dollars for inflation helps compare their buying power across years.
Read the period beside each number before comparing it with another figure. A monthly observation, a quarterly result and a financial year cover different spans of time. The latest release can also revise earlier observations. The chart and downloads keep the published periods so you can check which figures are being compared. A change in economic growth describes what happened during that period; it does not by itself explain why it happened or identify the effect of a government policy. Definitions and coverage matter as much as the size of a change.
GDP per person, nominal was $81,518 in Year to Mar 2025, a year earlier.
The earliest observation on the same basis was $21,675 in Year to Mar 1992.
Economic growth: definitions
Gross domestic product divided by population, as published by Stats NZ, for years ending March from 1992. The real (chain-volume) measure strips out inflation so years can be compared; real gross national disposable income per person is shown alongside.
- Average output per person, not income received by a typical household.
- Real values are in chain-volume dollars of Stats NZ's reference year, so they are comparable over time but not with today's dollars.
Show the figures
| Period | GDP per person, nominal (NZ$) |
|---|---|
| Year to Mar 2026 | $84,690 |
| Year to Mar 2025 | $81,518 |
| Year to Mar 2024 | $79,785 |
| Year to Mar 2023 | $77,134 |
| Year to Mar 2022 | $70,492 |
| Year to Mar 2021 | $64,783 |
| Year to Mar 2020 | $64,604 |
| Year to Mar 2019 | $62,164 |
| Year to Mar 2018 | $60,071 |
| Year to Mar 2017 | $57,232 |
| Year to Mar 2016 | $55,015 |
| Year to Mar 2015 | $53,403 |
| Year to Mar 2014 | $52,188 |
| Year to Mar 2013 | $49,315 |
| Year to Mar 2012 | $48,546 |
| Year to Mar 2011 | $46,726 |
| Year to Mar 2010 | $45,108 |
| Year to Mar 2009 | $44,449 |
| Year to Mar 2008 | $44,076 |
| Year to Mar 2007 | $40,985 |
Years ending in the month shown (calendar years when ending December). Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa. Lines break at basis changes and missing periods.
Economic growth: questions for your AI
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The attached CSV is GDP per person (annual), from Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa. Answer: What is GDP per person? Name the unit and period. Use only directly supported observations. Definitions: Gross domestic product divided by population, as published by Stats NZ, for years ending March from 1992. The real (chain-volume) measure strips out inflation so years can be compared; real gross national disposable income per person is shown alongside. Limits: Average output per person, not income received by a typical household. Real values are in chain-volume dollars of Stats NZ's reference year, so they are comparable over time but not with today's dollars.
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Economic growth: sources
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