NZ Debt Clock — Live New Zealand National Debt Counter

Today's Crown Fiscal Activity (since midnight NZT)

Spending since midnight

Seconds since midnight NZT × (WB annual expenditure % GDP × GDP ÷ 31,557,600)

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Revenue since midnight

Seconds since midnight NZT × (WB annual revenue % GDP × GDP ÷ 31,557,600)

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Today's deficit

Spending − Revenue since midnight NZT

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Live Markets

Brent Crude (USD/bbl)

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Gold Spot (USD/oz)

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Silver (USD/oz)

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NZX 50 Index

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NZ Petrol (NZD/L) est.

Formula: (Brent÷158.987÷NZD/USD)×1.48+0.87 · Loading…

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±5% estimate

GDP (nominal NZD) WB GDP (USD) ÷ live Frankfurter NZD/USD rate
GDP per capita (NZD) WB GDP per capita (USD) ÷ NZD/USD
GDP growth (annual %) WB NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · constant prices
CPI Inflation (annual %) WB FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · consumer price index
Unemployment rate WB SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · % of total labour force
Labour force participation WB SL.TLF.CACT.ZS · % of population 15+

Central govt debt (% GDP) WB GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · used to compute debt ticker base
Fiscal balance (% GDP) WB GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS · negative = deficit · drives tick rate
Current account (% GDP) WB BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · trade + income balance
Exports (% GDP) WB NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS · goods and services
Imports (% GDP) WB NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS · goods and services
Interest payments (% GDP) WB GC.XPN.INTP.GD.ZS · govt debt servicing cost

🏛️ National Debt Ticker Step 1: Fetch World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS → debt as % of GDP (e.g. 43.2%)
Step 2: Fetch World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.CD → GDP in current US dollars
Step 3: Fetch live Frankfurter NZD/USD rate → convert debt to NZD
Step 4: Calculate base debt at WB data year-end: Debt NZD = (GDP USD × debt%) ÷ NZD/USD
Step 5: Extrapolate to today: Base + (years elapsed × annual deficit NZD)
Step 6: Annual deficit = WB fiscal balance % × GDP NZD ÷ 31,557,600 seconds → ticks every second

👤 Debt Per Person Total current debt ÷ World Bank SP.POP.TOTL (population)
Updates every second as debt ticker changes. Population from WB API, year shown inline.

💼 Debt Per Taxpayer Total current debt ÷ estimated employed population
Employed population = WB population × labour force participation rate × (1 − unemployment rate)
All three values fetched from World Bank API — no hardcoded ratios.

💱 NZD Exchange Rates api.frankfurter.app/latest?from=NZD — European Central Bank data served by Frankfurter.app
Free, no API key, CORS-safe, retries 4× with 15s timeout. Progress bar shows rate within 52-week-ish range.

📈 Markets (Brent, Gold, Silver, NZX50) Yahoo Finance public API via CORS proxy (allorigins.win → corsproxy.io fallback)
Symbols: BZ=F (Brent) · GC=F (Gold) · SI=F (Silver) · ^NZ50 (NZX 50)
% change = (current price − previous close) ÷ previous close × 100

⛽ NZ Petrol Estimate (Brent USD/bbl ÷ 158.987 L/bbl) ÷ NZD/USD = crude cost in NZD per litre
× 1.48 (refining, distribution, retail margin) + NZ$0.87 (est. NZ fuel excise + ACC + GST component)
This is an approximation only (±5%). Not a live pump price.

📰 NZ News Radio New Zealand RSS feed rnz.co.nz/rss/news.xml
Fetched via rss2json.com (primary) → allorigins.win XML parse (fallback). Refreshes every hour.

⚠️ Important Notes World Bank data lags 1–2 years behind real-time. The debt ticker is an estimate extrapolated from the most recent WB data available, not an official NZ Treasury figure. For official figures see: treasury.govt.nz and stats.govt.nz