In the year ending June 2020, the general government's operating expenses on social protection in New Zealand amounted to almost 35.67billion New Zealand dollars. This was the largest area of expenditure by the government, with health following behind at around 22.4 billion New Zealand dollars.
Operating expenses of general government in New Zealand in financial year 2020, by function
(in billion New Zealand dollars)
Provisional values.
Source: Stats NZ and licensed by Stats NZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
New Zealand's government financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017
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Statistics New Zealand. (December 21, 2020). Operating expenses of general government in New Zealand in financial year 2020, by function (in billion New Zealand dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/706953/new-zealand-general-government-operating-expenses-by-function/
Statistics New Zealand. "Operating expenses of general government in New Zealand in financial year 2020, by function (in billion New Zealand dollars)." Chart. December 21, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/706953/new-zealand-general-government-operating-expenses-by-function/
Statistics New Zealand. (2020). Operating expenses of general government in New Zealand in financial year 2020, by function (in billion New Zealand dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/706953/new-zealand-general-government-operating-expenses-by-function/
Statistics New Zealand. "Operating Expenses of General Government in New Zealand in Financial Year 2020, by Function (in Billion New Zealand Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/706953/new-zealand-general-government-operating-expenses-by-function/
Statistics New Zealand, Operating expenses of general government in New Zealand in financial year 2020, by function (in billion New Zealand dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/706953/new-zealand-general-government-operating-expenses-by-function/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Operating expenses of general government in New Zealand in financial year 2020, by function (in billion New Zealand dollars) [Graph], Statistics New Zealand, December 21, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/706953/new-zealand-general-government-operating-expenses-by-function/
