WTMG Intelligence
New Zealand Relocation Market Intelligence
A data-driven view of New Zealand's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.
RMOS Score71.1176
Global RMOS Rank#23 of 171
Migration Momentum73.7
International Migrant Stock1,467,989
Migrant Share27.8%
MethodologyRMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Data Coverage100.0%
This profile describes structural relocation-market conditions. It does not represent WTMG customer demand, leads, transactions or revenue.
RMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
New Zealand's RMOS position
Authoritative RMOS71.1176
Global rank#23
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 13.5%
Migrant-stock rank#42 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#57 of 172
RMOS component breakdown
Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.
| Component | Normalized score | Weight | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Momentum | 73.7 | 25% | 18.4211 |
| Migrant Market Size | 76.0 | 20% | 15.2047 |
| Migrant Share | 89.4 | 15% | 13.4118 |
| GDP per Capita | 87.1 | 15% | 13.0618 |
| GDP Growth | 6.2 | 10% | 0.6215 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 71.5 | 10% | 7.1468 |
| Visa Accessibility | 65.0 | 5% | 3.2500 |
| Stored final RMOS | 71.1176 | ||
New Zealand migration-market scale
Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.
MMS-1.0
New Zealand Migration Momentum
These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.
2024 migrant stock1,467,989
2020 migrant stock1,343,900
2015 migrant stock1,132,201
2020-2024 change+124,089 (+9.2%)
2015-2024 change+335,788 (+29.7%)
Largest migrant-stock origins into New Zealand
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Origin | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | India | 149,677 | 129,231 | 91,412 | +20,446 (+15.8%) |
| #2 | China | 145,906 | 144,287 | 115,315 | +1,619 (+1.1%) |
| #3 | Philippines | 107,622 | 82,331 | 51,952 | +25,291 (+30.7%) |
| #4 | South Africa | 101,970 | 82,625 | 62,541 | +19,345 (+23.4%) |
| #5 | Australia | 89,129 | 80,634 | 68,984 | +8,495 (+10.5%) |
| #6 | Fiji | 70,552 | 65,339 | 57,371 | +5,213 (+8.0%) |
| #7 | Samoa | 63,075 | 58,292 | 53,004 | +4,783 (+8.2%) |
| #8 | USA | 32,863 | 29,584 | 24,806 | +3,279 (+11.1%) |
| #9 | South Korea | 31,878 | 31,307 | 30,491 | +571 (+1.8%) |
| #10 | Tonga | 29,981 | 28,005 | 24,561 | +1,976 (+7.1%) |
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Largest destinations for migrants from New Zealand
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Destination | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Australia | 588,088 | 583,769 | 575,163 | +4,319 (+0.7%) |
| #2 | Canada | 10,875 | 10,929 | 12,381 | -54 (-0.5%) |
| #3 | China | 3,811 | 3,452 | 3,580 | +359 (+10.4%) |
| #4 | Japan | 3,785 | 5,855 | 5,518 | -2,070 (-35.4%) |
| #5 | Singapore | 3,378 | 2,966 | 2,756 | +412 (+13.9%) |
| #6 | Samoa | 1,164 | 1,218 | 1,290 | -54 (-4.4%) |
| #7 | South Africa | 1,026 | 1,039 | 1,240 | -13 (-1.3%) |
| #8 | Denmark | 1,003 | 921 | 838 | +82 (+8.9%) |
| #9 | Italy | 959 | 944 | 813 | +15 (+1.6%) |
| #10 | Norway | 706 | 635 | 630 | +71 (+11.2%) |
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WTLG input
WTLG Destination Attractiveness
71.5
Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 3 covered WTLG cities.
WTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.WTLG input
Visa Accessibility
65.0
Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 65.0, based on 3 contributing cities.
New Zealand against the global RMOS universe
A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.
| Measure | New Zealand | Global median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMOS | 71.1 | 55.8 | +15.4 |
| Migration Momentum | 73.7 | 60.1 | +13.5 |
| Migrant Market Size | 76.0 | 50.3 | +25.7 |
| Migrant Share | 89.4 | 50.0 | +39.4 |
| GDP per Capita | 87.1 | 51.1 | +36.0 |
| GDP Growth | 6.2 | 50.6 | -44.4 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 71.5 | 67.0 | +4.5 |
| Visa Accessibility | 65.0 | 60.0 | +5.0 |
Data years and limitations
- UN migrant stock and corridors: 2024; momentum compares 2024 with 2020 and 2015.
- World Bank GDP inputs use the actual observation years shown above.
- WTLG destination data reflects the current stored WTLG dataset and depends on covered WTLG cities.
- RMOS measures structural opportunity, not actual demand; migrant stock is not annual migration flow.
- Different datasets have different update cycles.
- This profile does not estimate provider revenue or demand for a specific professional service.