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About the Tech Sector

Overview of the New Zealand technology sector

The 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

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