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International Migration: October 2025
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 October
2025 year compared with the October 2024 year
were:
- migrant arrivals: 136,100 (± 1,400), down 10 percent
- migrant departures: 124,100 (± 1,100), up 7 percent
- annual net migration: gain of 11,900 (± 1,700), compared with a gain of 35,400 (± 300).
Visit our website to read this information release and to download CSV files:
- International migration: October 2025 (https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/international-migration-october-2025/)
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