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National expenditure, 1988 and 2008

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This is a simplified summary of total gross national expenditure for the 12 months ending in March 1988, and in 2008. The size of the second pie equates to growth in total spending in real terms. To allow a valid comparison over the two decades, the 1987/88 data has been adjusted to 2007/8 values.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Paul Dalziel, Spending in the economy – Spending and investing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/21625/national-expenditure-1988-and-2008 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Dalziel, published 4 March 2010, updated 16 September 2016.