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Disposal of GDP, 2003

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Disposal of GDP, 2003

This table shows that almost a quarter of the economy’s gross domestic product (GDP) went in exports in the year to March 2003, and that government consumption was only 13.8%, a similar proportion to most developed countries.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Jeff Cope, National income and GDP – Gross domestic product, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/3728/disposal-of-gdp-2003 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jeff Cope, published 3 March 2009.