New Zealand: Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, New Zealand's textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) fell 0.23 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.38% to 2.15%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2023), the average change was −0.26 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.73 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 4.82 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.98 percentage points in 2023. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.97 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 71% of the movement over 10 observed years.

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 13th highest value of the 17 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

• Macao SAR, China — 10th of 17: 2.88%
• Mexico — 11th of 17: 2.54%
• Uruguay — 12th of 17: 2.23%
• Australia — 14th of 17: 1.92%
• Canada — 15th of 17: 1.01%
• United States — 16th of 17: 1%

What this measures

Textiles and clothing refers to industries in ISIC (rev. 3) divisions 17-19 and includes manufacturing of textiles, apparel, dyeing of fur, and tanning of leather. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D).

Limitations: In establishing classifications systems compilers must define both the types of activities to be described and the units whose activities are to be reported. There are many possibilities, and the choices affect how the statistics can be interpreted and how useful they are in analyzing economic behavior. The ISIC emphasizes commonalities in the production process and is explicitly not intended to measure outputs (for which there is a newly developed Central Product Classification). Nevertheless, the ISIC views an activity as defined by "a process resulting in a homogeneous set of products."

All 54 values

Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) in nearby economies

• Australia — 1.92% (2024)
• China — 9.99% (2019)
• Fiji — 5.7% (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.07% (2023)
• Indonesia — 10.77% (2022)
• Japan — 1.5% (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 2.67% (2023)
• Lao PDR — 15.72% (2017)
• Macao SAR, China — 2.88% (2024)

More economic policy & debt data for New Zealand

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$28.15 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$28.15 billion (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$264.06 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 449.8 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$220.1 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 359.52 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$49,591 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 84,475 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$41,336 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 67,519 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is New Zealand's textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing)?

2.15% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1963?

It is down 11.1 percentage points from 13.25% in 1963. The highest value was 13.25% in 1963 and the lowest 2.15% in 2024.

How does New Zealand rank?

13th highest of 17 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) unusual for New Zealand?

In 2024, New Zealand's textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) fell 0.23 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.38% to 2.15%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2023), the average change was −0.26 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.73 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 NV.MNF.TXTL.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 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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