New Zealand’s Tech Sector had

23,229

Companies in 2020

_{Source: Statistic NZ 2021}

New Zealand’s Tech Sector employed

111,760

People in 2020

_{Source: Statistics NZ 2021}

NZ‘s Top 200 Tech Exporters revenues grew

11.5%

2020 to 2021

_{Source: TIN Report 2021}

New Zealand’s Tech Sector employs

5%

of the NZ workforce

_{Source: Statistic NZ 2021}

Each new Tech Sector job creates

4.8

new jobs

_{Source: NZTech Digital Nation Report 2016}

Each 4% growth in Tech Sector productivity creates

$2.7b

additional GDP

_{Source: NZTech Digital Nation Report 2016}

New Zealand’s Tech Sector exported

$8.6b

globally

_{Source: Statistic NZ 2021}

New Zealand’s Tech Sector exports grew

10.8%

between 2019 and 2020

_{Source: Statistics NZ 2021}

NZ‘s Top 200 Tech Exporters overseas sales grew

14.4%

between 2020 to 2021

_{Source: TIN Report 2021}

New Zealand’s Tech Sector is the country’s

2nd

largest export sector

_{Source: Statistic NZ 2021 H1 2021}

New Zealand’s Tech Sector exports makes up

10%

of all exports in 2020

_{Source: Statistics NZ 2021}

New Zealand’s Tech Manufacturing exports grew

6%

between 2020 to 2021

_{Source: Statistics NZ 2021}

Angel and VC investment into early stage Tech Firms was

$160m

in 2020

_{Source: NZGCP and TIN Research 2021}

Investment into early stage Tech Firms grew

48%

between 2019 to 2020

_{Source: NZGCP and TIN Research 2021}

Growth in capital investment into the Tech Sector grew

111%

between 2019 to 2021

_{Source: NZ Private Capital Monitor 2021}

96

Early stage Angel and VC deals completed in 2020

_{Source: NZGCP and TIN Research 2021}

15

New Zealand Tech Firms were acquired in 2020

_{Source: Scale-Up 2020}

74%

of early stage funding of Tech Firms was invested in Auckland

_{Source: NZGCP 2020}

New Zealand’s Tech Sector invested

$924m

in R&D in 2020

_{Source: Statistic NZ 2021}

New Zealand’s Tech Sector R&D accounts for

1/3rd

of NZ’s R&D investment

_{Source: Statistics NZ 2021}

NZ‘s Top 200 R&D spend grew

14.3%

between 2020 to 2021

_{Source: TIN Report 2021}

The investment in R&D by the New Zealand Tech Sector

Quadrupled

over past 10 years

_{Source: Statistic NZ 2021}

The number of R&D staff in the New Zealand Tech Sector

Tripled

over past 10 years

_{Source: Statistics NZ 2021}

New Zealand’s Digital (ICT) firms spend

17.7%

of revenue on R&D

_{Source: TIN Report 2021}

New Zealand’s Tech Sector employed

111,760

people in 2020

_{Source: Statistic NZ 2021}

New Zealand’s Tech Sector employed

5%

of the NZ workforce

_{Source: Statistics NZ 2021}

NZ‘s Top 200 Tech Exporters employ

57,262

people globally

_{Source: TIN Report 2021}

27%

of New Zeeland’s IT workforce are Women

_{Source: Digital Skills Aotearoa Report 2021}

4%

of New Zealand’s IT workforce is Māori

_{Source: Digital Skills Aotearoa Report 2021}

50%

of New Zealand’s Tech Sector employees are in Auckland

_{Source: Statistics NZ 2021}

13,403

Year 13 students enrolled in digital tech courses in 2020

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}

28%

of Year 13 students enrolled in digital tech courses in 2020 were female

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}

2,250

students moved into IT degree courses from school in 2020

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}

11,905

Computer science, InfoTech & Software Engineering domestic students studying IT degree level in 2020

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}

-3%

of domestic students studying IT degree level qualifications decreased in 2020

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}

-7%

Domestic students graduating with IT degree level qualifications decreased in 2020

_{Source: Statistics NZ 2021}

26%

of students studying IT courses in 2020 were female

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}

10%

of students studying IT courses were Māori

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}

9%

of students studying IT courses in 2020 were over 40 years old

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}

425

Female students graduated with IT degrees in 2020

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}

120

Māori students graduated with IT degrees in 2020

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}

80

Students over 40 graduated with IT degrees in 2020

_{Source: Ministry of Education 2021}