Industries · Food & beverage · New Zealand · Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Food & beverage in New Zealand

What people here follow in this industry today, what they spend on it and what it costs, from public data.

Food & beverage

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In the news here

Cost of living
1.2% of the news
Health
1.8% of the news

The numbers

Food and drinks

How pricey it is against the world (World average = 100): 140.0 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021
What households spend per person (US$ per person a year): US$3,640 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021

Alcohol and tobacco

How pricey it is against the world (World average = 100): 236.6 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021
What households spend per person (US$ per person a year): US$1,529 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021

How big the sector is

Share of the economy · industry: 19.4% 2023 · World Bank
Share of jobs · industry: 19.9% 2025 · World Bank (ILO estimate)
Share of the economy · manufacturing: 8.3% 2023 · World Bank

Spending and price levels are the World Bank’s latest benchmark (ICP 2021); price rises are the latest month from the OECD and Eurostat. Whole spending categories, not single products.

What we can and can’t see

1 topic people read, search, watch or download
Apps in the App Store charts
What households spend per person
How pricey it is against the world
The sector’s share of the economy
The sector’s share of jobs
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We can’t see sales, the price of single products, company figures or what people buy in shops.

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Pulse

Pulse: what readers say

Over the next year, do you think food & beverage will grow, stay the same or shrink where you live?

Readers who answered, not a representative sample.