International migration statistics give the latest outcomes-based measure of migration, which includes estimates of migrants entering or leaving New Zealand.

Key facts

Annual migration

Provisional estimates for the August 2025 year compared with the August 2024 year were:

• migrant arrivals: 138,600 (± 1,200), down 16 percent
• migrant departures: 127,900 (± 1,100), up 13 percent
• annual net migration: gain of 10,600 (± 1,500), compared with a gain of 51,600 (± 200).

Annual migrant arrivals peaked at 234,800 in the year ended October 2023.

Annual migrant departures provisionally peaked at 128,000 in the year ended July 2025.

Annual net migration peaked in the year ended October 2023, with a gain of 135,500.

Visit our website to read this information release and to download CSV files:

• International migration: August 2025: https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/international-migration-august-2025/
• CSV files for download: https://www.stats.govt.nz/large-datasets/csv-files-for-download/

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