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New Zealand Unemployment Rate

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 4 November 2025

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 4 November 2025: 5.3% for Q3 2025, in line with the forecast and up from 5.2% in Q2 2025. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. It was released on Tue 4 Nov 2025 at 21:45 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics New Zealand. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
5.3%
Q3 2025
Forecast
5.3%
The market consensus
Previous
5.2%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: An in-line rate often limits the currency reaction, but employment growth and wages may still change the overall reading.

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 4 November 2025: 5.3% for Q3 2025 against a 5.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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New Zealand Unemployment Rate 4 November 2025: 5.3% vs 5.3% forecast (Statistics New Zealand). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/nz-unemployment/2025-11-04

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
4 Nov 2025Q35.3%5.3%5.2%
5 Aug 2025Q25.2%5.3%5.1%
6 May 2025Q15.1%5.3%5.1%
4 Feb 2025Q45.1%5.1%4.8%
5 Nov 2024Q34.8%5%4.6%
6 Aug 2024Q24.6%4.7%4.4%
30 Apr 2024Q14.3%4.2%4%
6 Feb 2024Q44%4.2%3.9%
31 Oct 2023Q33.9%3.9%3.6%
1 Aug 2023Q23.6%3.5%3.4%
2 May 2023Q13.4%3.5%3.4%
31 Jan 2023Q43.4%3.3%3.3%
The release before:New Zealand Unemployment Rate 5 August 2025The release after:New Zealand Unemployment Rate 3 February 2026New Zealand Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar