Regional GDP: the fastest growing & the wealthiest per capita
The latest rankings from Statistics NZ.
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Stats NZ has the regional GDP for the last year (to March 2016). Here's the ranking for GDP growth:
- Bay of Plenty 7.7%
- Auckland 6.0%
- Otago 4.8%
- Northland 4.0%
- Waikato 3.9%
- Wellington 3.6%
- Canterbury 3.5%
- Manawatu-Wanganui 3.2%
- Tasman/Nelson 2.8%
- Gisborne 2.6%
- Hawke’s Bay 2.5%
- Marlborough 1.7%
- Southland -1.0%
- West Coast -2.8%
- Taranaki -8.5%
If you adjust for population, GDP growth per capita is:
- Bay of Plenty 5.6%
- Auckland 3.1%
- Otago 3.0%
- Northland 2.3%
- Wellington 2.2%
- Manawatu-Wanganui 2.2%
- Waikato 1.8%
- Gisborne 1.7%
- Hawke’s Bay 1.7%
- Tasman/Nelson 1.5%
- Canterbury 1.2%
- Marlborough 0.8%
- Southland -1.8%
- West Coast -2.2%
- Taranaki -9.3%
And GDP per capita is:
- Taranaki $71,297
- Wellington $67,888
- Auckland $58,717
- Marlborough $57,046
- Canterbury $55,727
- Southland $52,497
- Otago $49,407
- Waikato $47,119
- Bay of Plenty $44,997
- Tasman/Nelson $43,954
- Hawke’s Bay $42,366
- Manawatu-Wanganui $40,645
- Gisborne $36,955
- Northland $36,531
- West Coast $48,156
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Regional GDP: the fastest growing & the wealthiest per capita
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