New Zealand's customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) was 3.23% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.08 percentage points from 3.31% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.23% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 3.08% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.31% | 2014 |
| Highest | 5.21% | 1984 |
| Lowest | 1.59% | 2004 |
| Average since 2015 | 3.22% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 4.57% | 1972 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, New Zealand's customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) rose 0.06 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.17% to 3.23%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1981 to 2023), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.3 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.87 percentage points in 1988. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 29% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, New Zealand had the 40th highest value of the 65 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to New Zealand in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Taxes and duties on imports are taxes on goods and services that become payable at the moment when goods enter the economic territory or when services are delivered by non-resident producers to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of tax revenue which includes compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.
Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
All 41 values
| Year | Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.23 |
| 2023 | 3.17 |
| 2022 | 3.03 |
| 2021 | 3.16 |
| 2020 | 3.34 |
| 2019 | 3.08 |
| 2018 | 3.25 |
| 2017 | 3.21 |
| 2016 | 3.3 |
| 2015 | 3.42 |
| 2014 |
Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in nearby economies
- Australia — 3.08% (2022)
- Cambodia — 11.23% (2023)
- China — 2.65% (2024)
- Fiji — 11.72% (2024)
- Kiribati — 2.32% (2023)
- Korea, Rep. — 2.07% (2024)
- Lao PDR — 8.29% (2022)
- Malaysia — 1.28% (2024)
- Marshall Islands — 22.34% (2020)
- Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
More public sector data for New Zealand
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 2.86 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 4.91 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 1.1% (2025)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 200 million (2024)
- Grants and other revenue (current LCU) — 17.87 billion (2024)
- Grants and other revenue (% of revenue) — 12.04% (2024)
- Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU) — 147.96 billion (2024)
- Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) — 34.25% (2024)
- Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) — 39.13 billion (2024)
- Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)
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Questions people ask
- What is New Zealand's customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)?
- 3.23% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1972?
- It is down 1.34 percentage points from 4.57% in 1972. The highest value was 5.21% in 1984 and the lowest 1.59% in 2004.
- How does New Zealand rank?
- 40th highest of 65 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) unusual for New Zealand?
- In 2024, New Zealand's customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) rose 0.06 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.17% to 3.23%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1981 to 2023), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.TAX.IMPT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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