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Visit Tech AllianceThe New Zealand technology sector is a significant contributor to the New Zealand economy, creating many jobs, GDP and exports.
Economic Impact
New Zealand’s Tech Sector had
23,433
Companies in 2022
Source: Statistic NZ 2023
New Zealand’s Tech Sector employed
118,070
People in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
New Zealand’s Tech Sector grew by
1,752
New Firms in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
The number of companies in the Tech Sector grew
8.1%
In 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
New Zealand’s Tech sector
created
6,880
new jobs in NZ in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
Each new Tech Sector job creates
4.8
new jobs
Source: NZTech Digital Nation Report 2016
New Zealand’s Tech Sector contributed
$20b
to GDP in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
New Zealand’s Tech Sector contributed
8%
of NZ’s GDP in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
Exports
New Zealand’s Tech Sector exported
$9.8b
globally in 2022
Source: Statistic NZ 2023
New Zealand’s Tech Sector exports grew
25.6%
between 2021 and 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
NZ’s Top 200 Tech Exporters overseas sales
$11.5b
*some of which stays offshore
Source: TIN Report 2022
NZ‘s Top 200 Tech Exporters had
15.1b
in revenues in 2022
Source: TIN Report 2022
New Zealand’s Tech Sector is the country’s
2nd
largest export sector
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
New Zealand’s Tech Sector exports makes up
10.9%
of all exports in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
New Zealand
exported
2.9b
of ICT software & services in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
New Zealand
exported
6.9b
of Hi-tech Manufacturing in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
Māori in Tech
New Zealand
had
72
Māori tech
firms in 2022
Source: Toi Hangarau Report 2023
New Zealand’s Māori owned
technology companies employed
1,310
people in 2022
Source: Toi Hangarau Report 2023
Of the Māori
Tech firms
81%
are small
businesses in 2022
Source: Toi Hangarau Report 2023
The Top 9 Māori firms
are
100%
aligned with big
global trends
Source: Toi Hangarau Report 2023
Investment
Investors invested
$726m
into NZ tech firms
in 2022
Source: Technology Investment Report 2023
There was an
8%
Increase in the value of investment in 2022
Source: Technology Investment Report 2023
In New Zealand
143
tech firms raised
funding in 2022
Source: Technology Investment Report 2023
The average Series A raise by NZ tech firms was
10.4m
in 2022
Source: Technology Investment Report 2023
R&D
In New Zealand,
over
$1b
was invested in computer R&D in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
Investment in computer R&D accounted for
33%
of R&D investment
in NZ in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
NZ ICT companies
invested
$679m
in R&D
in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
R&D investment by ICT companies grew
9.5%
in NZ
in 2022
Source: Statistics NZ 2023
2022 data updated in October 2023