In the year ending June 2020, the total expenses of the general government in New Zealand amounted to around 133.3 billion New Zealand dollars. Social protection was the largest recipient of government expenditure.
Total expenses of general government in New Zealand from financial years 2009 to 2020
(in billion New Zealand dollars)
*Provisional value.
Source: Stats NZ and licensed by Stats NZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
New Zealand's government financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017
One New Zealand dollar is equal to approximately 0.73 U.S. dollars and 0.6 euros (as of February 2021).
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Statistics New Zealand. (December 21, 2020). Total expenses of general government in New Zealand from financial years 2009 to 2020 (in billion New Zealand dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/706739/new-zealand-general-government-total-expenses/
Statistics New Zealand. "Total expenses of general government in New Zealand from financial years 2009 to 2020 (in billion New Zealand dollars)." Chart. December 21, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/706739/new-zealand-general-government-total-expenses/
Statistics New Zealand. (2020). Total expenses of general government in New Zealand from financial years 2009 to 2020 (in billion New Zealand dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/706739/new-zealand-general-government-total-expenses/
Statistics New Zealand. "Total Expenses of General Government in New Zealand from Financial Years 2009 to 2020 (in Billion New Zealand Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/706739/new-zealand-general-government-total-expenses/
Statistics New Zealand, Total expenses of general government in New Zealand from financial years 2009 to 2020 (in billion New Zealand dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/706739/new-zealand-general-government-total-expenses/ (last visited June 28, 2022)
