# Net migration in New Zealand

Net migration in New Zealand was 21,404 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `nz`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/new-zealand
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=nz

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 21,404 |
| 2022 | 21,404 |
| 2021 | -14,944 |
| 2020 | 42,124 |
| 2019 | 69,770 |
| 2018 | 59,139 |
| 2017 | 68,349 |
| 2016 | 75,512 |
| 2015 | 70,870 |
| 2014 | 57,974 |
| 2013 | 26,385 |
| 2012 | -1,015 |
| 2011 | -2,196 |
| 2010 | 6,722 |
| 2009 | 12,700 |
| 2008 | 4,804 |
| 2007 | 3,053 |
| 2006 | 14,542 |
| 2005 | 19,212 |
| 2004 | 24,521 |
| 2003 | 42,456 |
| 2002 | 48,195 |
| 2001 | 17,793 |
| 2000 | -6,604 |
| 1999 | -7,634 |
| 1998 | -1,387 |
| 1997 | 12,040 |
| 1996 | 25,169 |
| 1995 | 26,743 |
| 1994 | 20,420 |
| 1993 | 12,638 |
| 1992 | 6,460 |
| 1991 | 31,156 |
| 1990 | 70,432 |
| 1989 | -8,818 |
| 1988 | -17,005 |
| 1987 | -7,631 |
| 1986 | -10,234 |
| 1985 | -13,462 |
| 1984 | -901 |
| 1983 | 11,464 |
| 1982 | 7,982 |
| 1981 | -7,606 |
| 1980 | -15,423 |
| 1979 | -26,694 |
| 1978 | -28,783 |
| 1977 | -22,697 |
| 1976 | -9,138 |
| 1975 | 13,196 |
| 1974 | 27,580 |
| 1973 | 28,261 |
| 1972 | 17,779 |
| 1971 | 7,547 |
| 1970 | 4,511 |
| 1969 | -5,212 |
| 1968 | -11,853 |
| 1967 | -2,289 |
| 1966 | 9,161 |
| 1965 | 9,245 |
| 1964 | 9,806 |
| 1963 | 10,226 |
| 1962 | 12,697 |
| 1961 | 10,689 |
| 1960 | 3,846 |