New Zealand Employment Rate

Employment Rate in New Zealand decreased to 67.50 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 67.80 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in New Zealand averaged 62.64 percent from 1986 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 68.20 percent in the third quarter of 2018 and a record low of 56.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 1991.

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New Zealand Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.20	4.30	11.20	3.30	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	2658.00	2662.00	2662.00	1499.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	116.00	120.00	189.00	69.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	-0.20	0.10	2.60	-1.80	percent	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	70.40	70.90	71.00	63.00	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	1185.00	1179.00	1185.00	700.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	124.27	123.02	126.86	86.54	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	198.08	195.98	200.70	55.20	Index Points	[+]
Job Advertisements	44341.92	46008.12	46008.12	14139.22		[+]
Wages	32.04	31.70	32.04	13.07	NZD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	30.64	30.00	30.64	12.44	NZD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	17.70	16.50	17.70	10.25	NZD/Hour	[+]
Population	4.93	4.84	4.93	2.37	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.20	14.00	15.30	10.30	percent	[+]
Part Time Employment	527.00	546.00	554.00	264.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	67.50	67.80	68.20	56.40	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	2130.00	2113.00	2130.00	1177.00	Thousand	[+]

This page provides - New Zealand Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. New Zealand Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	67.50	67.80	68.20	56.40	1986 - 2019	percent	Quarterly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.50	Apr/19	96.75	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.60	Dec/18	80.5	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.90	Dec/18	77.7	77.9 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.50	Dec/18	76.3	76.5 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.10	Mar/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Mar/19	66.1	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	63.58	Mar/19	64	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.40	Apr/19	62.4	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	62.20	May/19	62.1	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.50	May/19	60.8	61.6 : 56.1	%
United States	60.60	May/19	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
Japan	60.50	Apr/19	60.3	63.5 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.00	Apr/19	59.1	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	58.80	Apr/19	58.9	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.20	Apr/19	53.9	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	46.00	Mar/19	45.9	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	42.56	Mar/19	43.34	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.30	Mar/19	42.2	43.4 : 36.3	%