Statistics
We gather statistics on how many people leave New Zealand, and on those who come, the reason for their visits, and if they come as residents and how well they settle in New Zealand.
You can get immigration data using our Migration Data Explorer or by downloading the statistics files.
Migration Data Explorer
The Migration Data Explorer is a tool that lets you explore immigration data. It replaced the annual Migration Trends report.
Migration Data Explorer — Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
To protect personal information, we use random rounding to base 3. This is best practice from StatsNZ. It means figures can be different to previously published data.
Data confidentiality principles and methods report — Stats NZ
Statistics files for download
You can get detailed statistics using the Migration Data Explorer.
Applications recorded as declined
Most of the applications we declined did not meet the requirements of the visa.
We also declined some applications for administrative reasons, including:
- the applicant withdrew the application
- we replaced the application with a new application
- we made a data error and an application record was created by mistake.
In the 2022/23 financial year, we assessed about 3,200 applications for parent and grandparent visitor visas under the general visitor criteria. This is because of issues with processing the original applications. These applications are recorded as declined under the parent and grandparent visa but were processed as general visitor visas.
Only about 70 applications for parent and grandparent visitor visas were declined between 1 July 2022 and 31 January 2023 because they did not meet the requirements of the visa.
Commonly requested statistics in Excel files
We are providing the most requested statistics in Excel files, to help you find this information quickly.
Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) XLS 907KB
Arrivals and departures
All departures by month PDF 214KB
Limited purpose
Limited purpose applications decided by financial year PDF 776KB
Refugee
Refugee and protection statistics PDF 423KB
- Refugee and protection claims
- Refugee quota and settlement
- Refugee family support category
Resident
Resident decisions by financial year PDF 2MB
Occupation and region for SMC/General Skills principal applicants PDF 1MB
Resident applications accepted by financial year PDF 565KB
Resident applications on hand by month PDF 1MB
Returning resident visas PDF 919KB
Student and work
Student applications decided PDF 1MB
Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme arrivals PDF 280KB
Work applications decided PDF 2MB
8 November 2023: ‘Work applications approved by occupation’ has been removed while we review the accuracy of the data.