International education worth $4.28 billion 8 Nov 2016
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Hon Steven Joyce
Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
8 November 2016
International education worth $4.28 billion
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has today welcomed a report which shows the economic value of New Zealand’s international education industry rose to $4.28 billion last year.
This is a 50 per cent increase from $2.85 billion when the sector was last formally measured in 2014, and places international education (onshore and offshore delivery) as New Zealand’s fourth largest export industry, overtaking wood at $3.82 billion.
The 2015 economic value is made up of $4.04 billion from international students studying in New Zealand, and $242 million from services delivered offshore.
The $4.04 billion figure was released today in a report commissioned by Education New Zealand from Infometrics and the National Research Bureau (NRB), which also showed the industry supported 32,000 jobs in 2015.
“This is a strong result that demonstrates the growing importance of international education to New Zealand,” says Mr Joyce.
“While economic value is obviously important, international education brings much wider benefits to our institutions, our communities and our country. International students add a rich diversity to our learning institutions, and help to connect New Zealand to the world.
“New Zealand is a trading nation. Right back to the Colombo Plan, the relationships and networks developed with people from around the world through international education play a vital role in New Zealand’s business relationships with other countries. The relationships being formed now will help to secure New Zealand’s trading, investment and education links and contribute greatly to our future prosperity.”
The Infometrics-NRB report shows that the increase in economic value was driven by growth in the number of students, and those students spending more on tuition fees and living costs. The top four source countries – China, India, Korea and Japan – accounted for two thirds of the value-add.
“The growing demand for New Zealand’s world-class education shows that our small country is seen as a big player in the education industry. We must continue to develop and sustain our international education sector and add to our reputation as an innovative, prosperous and welcoming nation,” says Mr Joyce.
The Government is currently consulting with industry representatives on a revised International Education Strategy for New Zealand. The new strategy will seek to underpin the quality of the student experience and to realise the full social, cultural and economic value for New Zealand.
Total student numbers (including full fee-paying students, exchange students, PhD students and foreign research postgraduate students) increased 25 per cent from the 2012 enrolments with all sectors showing an increase.
Primary schools increased the most in economic value (up 169 per cent) between 2012 and 2015, followed by private training establishments (94 per cent) and secondary schools (82 per cent).
The international education sector grew in all regions between 2012 and 2015. The largest value by region was Auckland, which experienced a 55 per cent increase between 2012 and 2015. Canterbury grew 71 per cent in the same period, Waikato grew 45 per cent, and the category ‘other South Island’ (which excludes Canterbury and Otago) grew 152 per cent.
“The significant increase in value in recent years shows that we are well on our way to achieving the Government’s key growth goals for international education,” says Mr Joyce.
The Government announced a target in 2010 to lift the economic value of international education to $5 billion by 2025.
The Infometrics and NRB report can be found HERE
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