Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in New Zealand
New Zealand: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre was 0.8446 million USD per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.8446 million USD per square kilometre
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
77th
of 194 countries
All-time high
0.8446 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
All-time low
0.2259 million USD per square kilometre
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in New Zealand, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in New Zealand is 0.8446 million USD per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in New Zealand peaked at 0.8446 million USD per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2259 million USD per square kilometre, in 1970.
New Zealand ranks 77th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | million USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2259 million USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.2344 million USD per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 0.2464 million USD per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 0.2657 million USD per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 0.2816 million USD per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 0.2767 million USD per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.2793 million USD per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.2683 million USD per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 0.2691 million USD per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.275 million USD per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.2786 million USD per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.2915 million USD per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2942 million USD per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.3045 million USD per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 0.3191 million USD per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.3243 million USD per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.3125 million USD per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 0.3182 million USD per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.325 million USD per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.3265 million USD per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.3286 million USD per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.3234 million USD per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.3276 million USD per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.3488 million USD per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 0.3691 million USD per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 0.3837 million USD per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.3968 million USD per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 0.4093 million USD per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 0.4144 million USD per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4359 million USD per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 0.4458 million USD per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4631 million USD per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 0.4865 million USD per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5092 million USD per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.5257 million USD per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5424 million USD per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5548 million USD per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.576 million USD per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 0.5662 million USD per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5777 million USD per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.583 million USD per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.5982 million USD per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6137 million USD per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6261 million USD per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6488 million USD per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6764 million USD per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 0.7023 million USD per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7327 million USD per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 0.761 million USD per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.7799 million USD per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7804 million USD per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8167 million USD per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 0.8385 million USD per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8446 million USD per square kilometre | +0.7% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.8446 million USD per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.85 million USD per square kilometre, 30% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.8446 million USD per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.5543 million USD per square kilometre, 1.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2622 million USD per square kilometre | 0.2259 million USD per square kilometre | 0.2816 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3094 million USD per square kilometre | 0.2786 million USD per square kilometre | 0.3265 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3738 million USD per square kilometre | 0.3234 million USD per square kilometre | 0.4359 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5247 million USD per square kilometre | 0.4458 million USD per square kilometre | 0.5777 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6722 million USD per square kilometre | 0.583 million USD per square kilometre | 0.7799 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.82 million USD per square kilometre | 0.7804 million USD per square kilometre | 0.8446 million USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 74 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9897 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 75 Thailand 0.8973 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 76 Lithuania 0.8571 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 78 Finland 0.8375 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 79 Cuba 0.7898 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 80 Guatemala 0.7562 million USD per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for New Zealand
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.71 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.37 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 23.86 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 4.48 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 3.61 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 104.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0137 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 677.46 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 27.59 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in New Zealand?
- Gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in New Zealand was 0.8446 million USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8446 million USD per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2259 million USD per square kilometre in 1970.
- How does New Zealand rank for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre?
- New Zealand ranks 77th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.