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International Migration: February 2026
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
2026 year compared with the February 2025 year
were:
- migrant arrivals: 136,200 (± 1,600), down 1 percent
- migrant departures: 111,100 (± 1,200), down 8 percent
- annual net migration: gain of 25,200 (± 1,800), compared with a gain of 17,700 (± 300).
Annual migrant arrivals peaked at 234,800 in the October 2023 year.
Annual migrant departures provisionally peaked at 120,500 in the May 2025 year.
Annual net migration peaked in the October 2023 year, with a gain of 135,500.
Visit our website to read the full information release and to download CSV files:
- International migration: February 2026: https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/international-migration-february-2026/
- CSV files for download: https://www.stats.govt.nz/large-datasets/csv-files-for-download/
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