Venture capital investments in New Zealand
New Zealand: Venture capital investments was 0.1527 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in New Zealand, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, venture capital investments in New Zealand stood at 0.1527 Percentage of GDP. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 12.3% on the previous year and up 615.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in New Zealand peaked at 0.1527 Percentage of GDP in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0123 Percentage of GDP, in 2012.
That places New Zealand 7th out of 28 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0439 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0348 Percentage of GDP | -20.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0175 Percentage of GDP | -49.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0463 Percentage of GDP | +165.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0172 Percentage of GDP | -62.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0123 Percentage of GDP | -28.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0235 Percentage of GDP | +91.3% |
| 2014 | 0.023 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0213 Percentage of GDP | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0351 Percentage of GDP | +64.4% |
| 2017 | 0.075 Percentage of GDP | +113.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0882 Percentage of GDP | +17.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0347 Percentage of GDP | -60.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0387 Percentage of GDP | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 0.1059 Percentage of GDP | +173.8% |
| 2022 | 0.081 Percentage of GDP | -23.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0921 Percentage of GDP | +13.6% |
| 2024 | 0.136 Percentage of GDP | +47.7% |
| 2025 | 0.1527 Percentage of GDP | +12.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.032 Percentage of GDP | 0.0175 Percentage of GDP | 0.0439 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0377 Percentage of GDP | 0.0123 Percentage of GDP | 0.0882 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1011 Percentage of GDP | 0.0387 Percentage of GDP | 0.1527 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 4 Canada 0.1845 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Poland 0.0337 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Slovenia 0.0254 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Switzerland 0.167 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Latvia 0.0166 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1624 Percentage of GDP compare
- 8 Denmark 0.1299 Percentage of GDP compare
- 9 Finland 0.1036 Percentage of GDP compare
- 10 Spain 0.0894 Percentage of GDP 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 venture capital investments in New Zealand?
- Venture capital investments in New Zealand was 0.1527 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1527 Percentage of GDP in 2025.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0123 Percentage of GDP in 2012.
- How does New Zealand rank for venture capital investments?
- New Zealand ranks 7th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 615.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required).
About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org