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 February 2025 year compared with the February 2024 year were:

• migrant arrivals: 154,300 (± 1,400), down 30 percent
• migrant departures: 121,300 (± 1,100), up 15 percent
• annual net migration: gain of 32,900 (± 1,700), compared with a net gain of 113,700 (± 200).

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

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

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