These reports provide an objective, comprehensive, and medium to long-term picture of New Zealand’s economic performance using a broad range of relevant indicators – including both high-level outcomes like economic growth and also the underlying factors like innovation and investment that drive growth.
The main purpose of these reports is to inform economic policy and provide a basis for people to debate the direction of the New Zealand economy. The indicators also provide a valuable information base to monitor progress towards economic goals, and to measure New Zealand's performance over time and against other countries.
These reports have been jointly produced by Statistics New Zealand, the Ministry of Economic Development, and the Treasury.
Economic Development Indicators 2011
This report benchmarks New Zealand’s economic performance. Jointly published by Statistics New Zealand, the Ministry of Economic Development, and the Treasury, it updates and expands the previous reports.
Economic Development Indicators 2007
The report provides a broad range of indicators relevant to New Zealand’s economic performance. It has been prepared to inform economic policy-making in general as well as to feed into the government’s ongoing work on economic transformation. It updates and expands on two previous reports, completed in 2005 and 2003.