Students completing doctoral degrees in New Zealand

By gender, 1999–2024

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The following information applies to all values in the table. Measure: Students completing doctoral degrees
Year	Gender	Number of people
1999	Female	200
1999	Male	270
1999	Another gender	None
2000	Female	195
2000	Male	265
2000	Another gender	None
2001	Female	190
2001	Male	260
2001	Another gender	None
2002	Female	240
2002	Male	255
2002	Another gender	None
2003	Female	240
2003	Male	300
2003	Another gender	None
2004	Female	300
2004	Male	320
2004	Another gender	None
2005	Female	315
2005	Male	330
2005	Another gender	None
2006	Female	320
2006	Male	320
2006	Another gender	None
2007	Female	300
2007	Male	350
2007	Another gender	None
2008	Female	405
2008	Male	400
2008	Another gender	None
2009	Female	460
2009	Male	425
2009	Another gender	None
2010	Female	535
2010	Male	480
2010	Another gender	None
2011	Female	555
2011	Male	560
2011	Another gender	None
2012	Female	540
2012	Male	525
2012	Another gender	None
2013	Female	650
2013	Male	660
2013	Another gender	None
2014	Female	730
2014	Male	710
2014	Another gender	None
2015	Female	690
2015	Male	655
2015	Another gender	None
2016	Female	690
2016	Male	635
2016	Another gender	None
2017	Female	765
2017	Male	740
2017	Another gender	None
2018	Female	725
2018	Male	715
2018	Another gender	None
2019	Female	755
2019	Male	735
2019	Another gender	None
2020	Female	800
2020	Male	735
2020	Another gender	5
2021	Female	910
2021	Male	815
2021	Another gender	0
2022	Female	820
2022	Male	735
2022	Another gender	5
2023	Female	810
2023	Male	660
2023	Another gender	5
2024	Female	905
2024	Male	680
2024	Another gender	15

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Notes

Gender diverse was only reported from 2019.

Data calculation/treatment

Data have been rounded to the nearest 5 to protect the privacy of individuals.

Inclusions

Doctoral degrees include PhDs and other doctorates but exclude higher doctorates.

Data provided by

Ministry of Education

Dataset name

Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2025

Webpage:

http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/tertiary-education/research

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Research performance' Excel file.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2025

From the dataset Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2025, this data was extracted:

Sheet: RSP.6
Range: C5:F31
Provided: 108 data points

This data forms the table Tertiary Education - Students completing doctoral degrees by gender 1998–2024.

Dataset originally released on:

November 2025

About this dataset

This dataset includes statistics relating to the nature and amount of research undertaken in tertiary education.

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