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Gross national income as a percentage of GDP

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Gross national income as a percentage of GDP

Gross national income is the gross domestic product (GDP), minus the earnings sent overseas, but adding the earnings received by New Zealand residents from overseas production. Because of the high levels of overseas investment in New Zealand, there have been more funds leaving the country than coming in. This is reflected in the fall of national income relative to GDP after the 1970s.

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Jeff Cope, National income and GDP – National income, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/23590/gross-national-income-as-a-percentage-of-gdp (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jeff Cope, published 26 February 2010.