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Migration: arrivals, departures and net: NZ data and downloads

Migrant arrivals was 13,893 in Jul 2026, up 18.7% on a year earlier.

Updated

Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.

Migration: arrivals, departures and net
Migrant arrivalsMigrant departuresNet migration
Migration: arrivals, departures and net. Migrant arrivals, Jan 2001 to Jul 2026, latest 13,893. Migrant departures, Jan 2001 to Jul 2026, latest 8,722. Net migration, Jan 2001 to Jul 2026, latest 5,170.-10,000010,00020,00030,0002001200520092014201820222026
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PeriodMigrant arrivals (number)Migrant departures (number)Net migration (number)
Jul 202613,8938,7225,170
Jun 202611,2318,9002,331
May 20269,0869,593−507
Apr 20269,0829,03744
Mar 202611,0419,9501,090
Feb 202613,6109,4614,148
Jan 202612,69811,1641,534
Dec 202511,84712,399−552
Nov 202510,2459,603642
Oct 202510,5848,3122,273
Sep 202511,1888,5772,611
Aug 20259,9298,3651,564
Jul 202511,7079,4062,301
Jun 202510,3209,1441,177
May 20258,70210,218−1,515
Apr 20257,9159,137−1,222
Mar 20259,64410,063−419
Feb 202513,8829,2964,586
Jan 202511,51311,48924
Dec 202411,69512,569−874
Full data: migration arrivals by visaFull data: migration totals
Jul 2026Migrant arrivals 13,893Migrant departures 8,722Net migration 5,170
Migration: arrivals, departures and net. Migrant arrivals: 13,893 in Jul 2026. Migrant departures: 8,722 in Jul 2026. Net migration: 5,170 in Jul 2026.

Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa.

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Migration: arrivals, departures and net: NZ data and downloads: definitions

Estimated long-term migrant arrivals, departures and net migration each month from 2001, using Stats NZ's outcomes-based measure (people who stay in or out of New Zealand for 12 of the following 16 months).

Migration: arrivals, departures and net: NZ data and downloads: comparison limits

These affect how the figures can be compared.

  • Recent months are provisional and are revised for up to 16 months; provisional estimates carry standard errors.
  • Monthly figures are noisy; annual (12-month) totals are the usual headline.

Migration: arrivals, departures and net: NZ data and downloads: data by period

The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.

PeriodMigrant arrivalsMigrant departuresNet migration
Jul 202613,8938,7225,170
Jun 202611,2318,9002,331
May 20269,0869,593−507
Apr 20269,0829,03744
Mar 202611,0419,9501,090
Feb 202613,6109,4614,148
Jan 202612,69811,1641,534
Dec 202511,84712,399−552
Nov 202510,2459,603642
Oct 202510,5848,3122,273

Migration: arrivals, departures and net: NZ data and downloads: questions for your AI

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Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, International migration: estimated migration by direction
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data/raw/statsnz-migration-totals/2026-10-10_26967e49f7bc.csv
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26967e49f7bc87a1b5febacc488605b04fdabba36c1e060397791deacd4217ea
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10 October 2026