Unemployment 2024 Nzn. The unemployment rate rose from a low of 3.2% in the december quarter of 2021 to 4% in the same quarter in 2023. New zealand's unemployment rate may have already reached 4.8 percent, and could hit 5 percent by the end of the year, an economist says.

Over the year, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose 0.9 percentage points, up from 3.4 percent in the march 2023 quarter. The change in unemployment rate in new zealand between 2023 and 2024 (year to june).