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The New Zealand technology sector is a significant contributor to the New Zealand economy, creating many jobs, GDP and exports.
For more tech sector numbers read our latest sector update.
Economic Impact
New Zealand’s Tech Sector had
24,306
Companies in 2023
Source: Statistic NZ 2024
New Zealand’s Tech Sector employed
121,630
People in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
New Zealand’s Tech Sector grew by
873
New Firms in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
The number of companies in the Tech Sector grew
5.3%
In 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
New Zealand’s Tech sector
created
3,560
new jobs in NZ in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
Each new Tech Sector job creates
4.8
new jobs
Source: NZTech Digital Nation Report 2016
New Zealand’s Tech Sector contributed
$22.6b
to GDP in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
New Zealand’s Tech Sector contributed
8%
of NZ’s GDP in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
Exports
New Zealand’s Tech Sector exported
$10.7b
worth of tech goods and services in 2023
Source: Statistic NZ 2024
New Zealand’s Tech Sector exports grew
8.7%
between 2022 and 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
NZ’s Top 200 Tech Exporters overseas sales
$13b
*some of which stays offshore
Source: TIN Report 2023
NZ‘s Top 200 Tech Exporters had
17.1b
in revenues in 2023
Source: TIN Report 2023
New Zealand’s Tech Sector is the country’s
3rd
largest export sector after Dairy and Tourism in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
New Zealand’s Tech Sector exports makes up
11%
of all NZ’s exports in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
New Zealand
exported
$3.1b
of ICT software & services in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
New Zealand
exported
$7.6b
of Hi-tech Manufacturing in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
Māori in Tech
New Zealand
had
85
Significant Māori owned tech firms in 2023
Source: Toi Hangarau Report, Pāua Interface, 2024
New Zealand’s Māori owned
technology companies employed
1,300
people in 2023
Source: Toi Hangarau Report, Pāua Interface, 2024
Of the top 12 Māori
Tech firms
83%
are medium or large businesses in 2023
Source: Toi Hangarau Report, Pāua Interface, 2024
Of the Top 12 Māori firms
are
42%
are operating internationally
Source: Toi Hangarau Report, Pāua Interface, 2024
Investment
Startups received
$163m
of investment in 2023
Source: Startup Investment Autumn 2024, PWC 2024
There was a
22%
Decrease in the average amount raised by startups in 2023
Source: Startup Investment Autumn 2024, PWC 2024
In New Zealand
144
tech firms raised
funding in 2023
Source: Technology Investment Report 2024
The average amount raised by new startups was
$1.6m
in 2023
Source: Technology Investment Report 2024
R&D
In New Zealand,
over
$1b
was invested in computer R&D in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
Investment in computer R&D accounted for
29%
of R&D investment
in NZ in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
R&D investment by ICT companies grew
1%
in NZ
in 2023
Source: Statistics NZ 2024
2023 data updated in September 2024
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