Source: Statistics New Zealand
International migration: August 2024 – information release – 11 October 2024 – Key facts. Annual migration – Provisional estimates for the August 2024 year compared with the August 2023 year were:
- migrant arrivals: 188,100 (± 1,100), down 17 percent
- migrant departures: 134,300 (± 1,000), up 37 percent
- annual net migration: gain of 53,800 (± 1,500), compared with a net gain of 127,700 (± 300).
The 134,300 migrant departures in the August 2024 year are, provisionally, the highest on record for an annual period.
Annual migrant arrivals provisionally peaked at 236,200 in the year ended October 2023.
Annual net migration provisionally peaked in the year ended October 2023, with a gain of 136,400.
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