New Zealand · Labour market statistics · SA
New Zealand unemployment rate: 5.7% in 3Q 2026, up from 5.6% in 2Q 2026.
Above expectations (~5.5% expected). Reported by investinglive.com, illawarramercury.com.au, babypips.com.
Next release: 2 Feb 2027.
The share of the labour force without a job and looking for one, from the official labour statistics.
| Period | First print | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3Q 2026 | 5.7% | 5.7% | +0.1 |
| 2Q 2026 | — | 5.6% | +0.2 |
| 1Q 2026 | — | 5.4% | 0 |
| 4Q 2025 | — | 5.4% | +0.1 |
| 3Q 2025 | — | 5.3% | +0.1 |
| 2Q 2025 | — | 5.2% | 0 |
| 1Q 2025 | — | 5.2% | +0.1 |
| 4Q 2024 | — | 5.1% | +0.2 |
| 3Q 2024 | — | 4.9% | +0.2 |
| 2Q 2024 | — | 4.7% | +0.3 |
| 1Q 2024 | — | 4.4% | +0.4 |
| 4Q 2023 | — | 4.0% | +0.1 |
Source: Stats NZ (CC BY 4.0)