Statistics
Find statistics on Immigration New Zealand’s migration data and the Migration Data Explorer tool.
Migration Data Explorer
The Migration Data Explorer is an interactive tool that allows you to explore immigration data over time.
You can use the tool to:
- view data on migrants in New Zealand, visa applications, and decisions
- explore trends over time
- break data down by visa type, nationality, or year
- filter results to focus on specific groups
- download the data for your own analysis or reporting.
It replaces the annual Migration Trends report and is updated regularly. To protect personal information, all figures use random rounding to base 3. This in line with Stats NZ best practice. This means numbers may differ slightly from previously published data.
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- financial year
- month of decision
- application criteria (the visa settings or rules the application was assessed under)
- nationality, and
- application sub stream (for example, business/skilled, or international/humanitarian).
- financial year
- nationality, and
- application sub stream (for example, business/skilled, or international/humanitarian).
- occupation of the applicant, and
- region the applicant was employed in.
- financial year
- application category
- application criteria, and
- nationality.
- financial year
- month of decision
- application criteria (the visa settings or rules the application was assessed under)
- nationality, and
- application sub stream (for example, business/skilled, or international/humanitarian).
- regions of settlement
- nationality, and
- financial year.
- invitations to apply, and
- nationality.
- application criteria (the visa settings or rules the application was assessed under)
- application substream (application category)
- nationality, and
- financial year.
- when students receive their first visa, and
- nationality.
- application criteria
- decision outcome
- nationality, and
- financial year.
- nationality
- occupation, and
- sector.
- application criteria (the visa settings or rules the application was assessed under)
- nationality, and
- financial year.
- region,
- nationality, and
- gender.
- financial year
- decision outcome
- nationality, and
- application criteria (the visa settings or rules the application was assessed under).
- arrivals by month and visa type, and
- departures of non New Zealand passport holders by nationality.
These statistics show how residence visa applications progress through the immigration system.
Resident visa applications decided
These statistics show how many resident visa applications were approved or declined.
They are broken down by:
Resident visa applications accepted
These statistics show how many resident visa applications were accepted for processing.
They are broken down by:
Occupation and region of employment
These statistics show how many resident visa applications were approved or declined in each financial year.
They are broken down by:
Residence applications on hand
These statistics show information on residence applications waiting to be decided (on hand).
They are broken down by:
Returning resident visa applications
These statistics show how many returning resident visa applications were approved or declined.
They are broken down by:
These statistics show a summary of New Zealand’s refugee and protection programmes.
They show refugee and protection claims as well as refugee quota arrivals, broken down by:
The statistics also provide information on the Refugee Family Support Category and Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship. They are broken down by:
These statistics show information on student visas and first-time students.
Student visas
These statistics show how many student visa applications were approved or declined.
They are broken down by:
First-time students
These statistics show information on first-time students, broken down by:
It also includes the number of first-time students changing from student visas to work or residence visas.
These statistics show how visitor visa applications are decided over time.
They are broken down by:
These statistics provide information on Accredited Employer Work Visas, work visa applications and Recognised Seasonal Employer workers.
Accredited Employer Work Visas (AEWV)
The AEWV data report shows how many AEWV were approved or decided.
These statistics are broken down by:
Work visa applications
The 'Work applications decided' statistics show how many work visas were approved or decided.
They are broken down by:
Recognised Seasonal Employer workers
The Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) statistics show the number of RSE arrivals.
They also show the number of onshore RSE workers, broken down by:
Limited visas are reported separately, as they apply across multiple visa types. This includes visitor, study, and work categories.
These statistics show how many limited purpose visa applications were approved or declined.
They are broken down by:
These statistics show border movement data, including: