New international students in New Zealand
By sex, year ended June 1998–2017
| Year ended June | Sex | Number of new international students |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Female | 8,917 |
| 1998 | Male | 9,122 |
| 1999 | Female | 7,465 |
| 1999 | Male | 6,648 |
| 2000 | Female | 9,199 |
| 2000 | Male | 8,755 |
| 2001 | Female | 15,167 |
| 2001 | Male | 15,355 |
| 2002 | Female | 23,032 |
| 2002 | Male | 24,742 |
| 2003 | Female | 21,308 |
| 2003 | Male | 22,224 |
| 2004 | Female | 15,996 |
| 2004 | Male | 15,177 |
| 2005 | Female | 13,634 |
| 2005 | Male | 12,436 |
| 2006 | Female | 14,069 |
| 2006 | Male | 13,271 |
| 2007 | Female | 15,981 |
| 2007 | Male | 16,489 |
| 2008 | Female | 17,911 |
| 2008 | Male | 20,031 |
| 2009 | Female | 19,365 |
| 2009 | Male | 22,330 |
| 2010 | Female | 18,037 |
| 2010 | Male | 20,320 |
| 2011 | Female | 17,914 |
| 2011 | Male | 20,672 |
| 2012 | Female | 15,926 |
| 2012 | Male | 18,484 |
| 2013 | Female | 14,712 |
| 2013 | Male | 16,725 |
| 2014 | Female | 17,624 |
| 2014 | Male | 21,494 |
| 2015 | Female | 21,372 |
| 2015 | Male | 26,658 |
| 2016 | Female | 23,976 |
| 2016 | Male | 25,817 |
| 2017 | Female | 23,955 |
| 2017 | Male | 24,212 |
Notes
A student is counted as ‘new’ the year in which their first student visa was approved.
There are issues with using visa data as a proxy for enrolments:
- Visas only capture approximately 60% of the students who study here in a year as not all nationalities require a visa to study here (this particularly affects visa waiver countries here to learn English if their study is less than three months).
- Dependents need to be stripped from the student visa data as they do not access education here (but are linked to the primary visa holder)
- Foreign nationals on Working Holiday Visas can, and do, access education while over here.
Data provided by
Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment
Dataset name
Migration Trends and Outlook: Temporary visa holders 2016/17
Webpage:
How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Temporary visa holders' from the box at the right-hand side of the page.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Migration Trends and Outlook: Temporary visa holders 2016/17
From the dataset Migration Trends and Outlook: Temporary visa holders 2016/17, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: 14
- Range:
B5:E24 - Provided: 80 data points
This data forms the table Migration - New international students by sex 1998–2017.
Dataset originally released on:
March 29, 2018
About this dataset
This annual report is the 17th in a series that examines trends in temporary and permanent migration to and from New Zealand. The report updates trends to 2016/17 and compares recent immigration patterns with patterns identified in previous years.