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The fiscal balance is in equilibrium and the primary fiscal balance reaches a surplus in 2015 in New Zealand

After several years of fiscal consolidation since the advent of the financial crisis, the primary balance – which measures government revenues minus expenditures but excluding net interest payments on gov-ernment debt-, improved from -4.2% of GDP in 2009 to +0.8% in 2015. The structural primary balance, adjusted for the economic cycle, one-off fiscal operations and net interest payments,, resulted to be positive at 0.9% of potential GDP in 2016, yet projected to be mildly contractionary and decrease to 0.3% of potential GDP by 2018.

Chapter 2. Public finance and economics

General government fiscal balance as a percentage of GDPGeneral government primary balance and net interest spending as a percentage of GDPGeneral government structural primary balance as a percentage of potential GDP

New Zealand continues to employ performance budgeting practices

New Zealand has a standard performance budgeting framework that is compulsory for line ministries and agencies. As part of this framework all line ministries and agencies are required to set out how performance will be assessed. The government also has a clear set of national outcome goals.

Chapter 5. Budgeting practices and procedures

Features of performance budgeting frameworkUse of performance budgeting practices at the central level of government

The rate of avoidable hospitalizations is the third highest among OECD countries

A number of chronic health problems such as diabetes, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be treated in the primary care system to avoid unnecessary and costly hospital use. The rate of avoidable hospital admission for these three diseases is higher in New Zealand than on average across the OECD. Providing consistent point of care over the longer-term, tailoring and co-ordinating care for those with multiple health care needs and supporting the patient in self-education and self-management are among the various policy options implemented in OECD countries to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and increase efficiency in the management of patient treatments.

Chapter 14. Serving citizens

New Zealand

Fiscal balance*(2015)

Government expenditures(2015)

Government gross debt*(2015)

% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP

Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts

G@G /dataG@G /data

26134,500

88,70052,700

Middle Managers(D3 positions)

Senior Managers(D1 positions)

SeniorProfessionals

SecretarialPositions

2015USD PPP

150,000

300,000

450,000

231,500

n.a.

New Zealand

n.a. n.a. n.a.

Annual compensation across central government positions (2015)

Government investment(2015)

How to read the figures:

New Zealand

Country value in blue (not represented if not available)

Average of OECD countries in red

Range of OECD country values in grey

Public Finance and Economics

10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

24.9%n.a.

New Zealand

20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

40.9%39.5%

New Zealand

0% 2% 4% 6% 8%

3.2%4.1%

New Zealand

n.a. 100%

0%

100%

0%

New Zealand

112%

100% 150% 200% 250%50%0%

Values have been rounded. n.a. refers to

data not available

% of GDP

Public Employment

Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of the workforce in Central/federal Governments

Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the compensation of employees in central / federal governments

... and in senior positions (2015)

Source: OECD* See Notes National Accounts

Source: OECD* SNA definition, see Notes National Accounts

Public Sector Compensation

53.0%n.a.New Zealand

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

32.4%n.a.New Zealand

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Women in the civil service ...

Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of the workforce in Central/federal Governments

Percentage of central government employees aged 55 years or older

(2015)

General government employmentas % of total employment (2015)

18.1%

n.a.New Zealand

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Source: OECD National Accounts

-10% 0%-5% +5% +10%

-2.8%

0.0%New Zealand

Budgeting

Women in Government

Extent of delegationof HRM practicesin line ministries

0.73

0.64

Extent of the useof performance

assessmentsin HR decisions

n.a.

0.64

Extent of the useof performance

related pay

0.79

0.66

Use of separateHRM practices

for seniorcivil servants

0.78

0.55

Collectionof administrative

data

0.70 0.68

Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 1 highest

0

0.25

0.50

0.75

1

New Zealand

G@G /data

Source: OECD (2016) Strategic Human Resources Management Survey

Composite indicators on HRM practices in central government (2016)

Human Resource Management

Composite indices on regulatory governance for primary laws*(2014)

G@G /data

Regulatory governance

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

29.1%

50%

37.2%

New Zealand

Source: OECD National Accounts

General governmentprocurement expenditures

(2015)% of government expenditures

Public Procurement

Support for greenpublic procurement

Some procuring entities have developed an internal strategy/policy

A strategy/policy has been developed at a central level

Support forSMEs

Support for innovativegoods and services

A strategy/policy has been rescinded

There has never been a strategy/policy in place

11 25 1 0 8 24 0 1 9 19 0 6

New Zealand

Strategic public procurement - Objectives(2016)

Source: OECD (2016) Survey on Public Procurement

* See Notes Source: OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance (iREG)

0.41

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

0.35New Zealand

Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 1 highest

Performance budgetingpractices at the central level

of government (2016)

Source: OECD (2016) Survey of Performance Budgeting

Stakeholderengagement in

developing regulations

2.53

2.09

Regulatory ImpactAssessment for

developing regulations

2.69

2.05

Ex post evaluationof regulations

1.81

1.54

Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 4 highest

0

1

2

3

4

New Zealand

Notes Fiscal balance as reported in the System of National Accounts (SNA) framework, also referred to as net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) of government, is calculated as total government revenues minus total government expenditures. Regulatory governance indicators: The results for stakeholder engagement and Regulatory Impact Assessment apply exclusively to processes for developing primary laws initiated by the executive. Data is not applicable to the United States, where all primary laws are initiated by Congress. In the majority of countries, most primary laws are initiated by the executive, except for Mexico and Korea, where a higher share of primary laws are initiated by parliament/congress (respectively 90.6% and 84%). Government gross debt is reported according to the SNA definition, which dif fers from the definition applied under the Maastricht Treaty. It is defined as all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. All debt instruments are liabilities, but some liabilities such as shares, equity and financial derivatives are not debt.

Open Data Digital Government

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

35.6%n.a.

New Zealand

Individuals using the Internet for sending filled forms via public authorities websites

in the past 12 months (2016)

Source: OECD, ICT database; and Eurostat, Information Society database

OURdata Index:Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data

(2017)Composite index: from 0 lowest to 1 highest

Source: OECD (2017) Survey on Open Government Data

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.59

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.55

New Zealand

Dataavailability

Dataaccessibility

Governmentsupportto re-use

Differences in income inequality pre and post-taxand government transfers (2013)

New Zealand

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6Higher

inequality

Lowerinequality

Before After

0.46

0.33taxes and transfers

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Before After

0.47

0.32taxes and transfers

Higherinequality

Lowerinequality

Source: OECD Income Distribution Database

Limited government powers (2016)

0.75

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1

0.86New Zealand

Source: The World Justice Project

Core Government ResultsSatisfaction and confidence across public services

(2016)

70%

Judicial system Education system

82%20

40

60

80

100

Health care

67%74%55%69%

National government42%57%

New Zealand

Average

Range

Police77%84%

Source: Gallup World Poll

% of citizens expressing confidence/satisfaction

Government at a Glance 2017Government at a Glance provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators assembled with the goal of contributing to the analysis and international

comparison of public sector productivity and performance. Indicators on government revenues, expenditures, and employment are presented,

alongside key output and outcome data for education, health and justice. Information on key enablers to increase productivity including on digital

government, budget procedures, strategic human resource management, open government data and innovative practices are also included. In

a context of tight budget constraints in many member countries, good indicators are needed more than ever, in order to help governments make

informed decisions regarding resource allocation and to help restore confidence in government institutions.

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