The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns.

	1987/88		2007/08	
Total Spending	$millions	Share	$millions	Share
Private consumption	59121	58.80%	103730	57.90%
Government consumption	18796	18.70%	33125	18.50%
Gross investment	22631	22.50%	42212	23.60%
Gross National Expenditure	100548	100.00%	179067	100.00%

Source: Statistics New Zealand

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