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International students: Studying and staying on in New Zealand

ADDITIONAL DATA TABLES

Table 1 Number of students by type, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality Single Single Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 834 1,959 4,777 7,570
South Korea 2,004 4,222 7,638 13,864
Japan 1,770 2,043 2,430 6,243
USA 999 1,186 1,442 3,627
Thailand 558 952 1,050 2,560
Germany 537 848 986 2,371
Taiwan 449 571 677 1,697
India 152 443 801 1,396
Great Britain 434 543 768 1,745
Brazil 346 603 823 1,772
Fiji 296 571 579 1,446
South Africa 384 464 698 1,546
Malaysia 339 450 422 1,211
Hong Kong 212 296 302 810
Vietnam 123 268 313 704
Canada 207 259 285 751
Tonga 132 318 257 707
Indonesia 134 166 178 478
Cambodia 137 175 277 589
Sweden 173 195 206 574
Zimbabwe 13 219 327 559
Samoa 121 196 183 500
Others 2,007 2,419 2,921 7,347
Total 12,361 19,366 28,340 60,067

Table 1a Number of students by type, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality Multiple Multiple Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 3,304 7,023 14,782 25,109
South Korea 464 867 1,282 2,613
Japan 359 395 349 1,103
USA 19 28 51 98
Thailand 184 238 259 681
Germany 23 55 60 138
Taiwan 174 186 238 598
India 46 169 435 650
Great Britain 36 56 53 145
Brazil 5 19 18 42
Fiji 72 149 114 335
South Africa 11 13 22 46
Malaysia 87 127 108 322
Hong Kong 156 192 178 526
Vietnam 80 160 242 482
Canada 5 13 16 34
Tonga 26 13 17 56
Indonesia 88 79 91 258
Cambodia 59 43 41 143
Sweden 11 10 15 36
Zimbabwe 0 8 11 19
Samoa 24 13 12 49
Others 275 327 385 987
Total 5,508 10,183 18,779 34,470

Table 1b Number of students by type, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality Total Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 4,138 8,982 19,559 32,679
South Korea 2,468 5,089 8,920 16,477
Japan 2,129 2,438 2,779 7,346
USA 1,018 1,214 1,493 3,725
Thailand 742 1,190 1,309 3,241
Germany 560 903 1,046 2,509
Taiwan 623 757 915 2,295
India 198 612 1,236 2,046
Great Britain 470 599 821 1,890
Brazil 351 622 841 1,814
Fiji 368 720 693 1,781
South Africa 395 477 720 1,592
Malaysia 426 577 530 1,533
Hong Kong 368 488 480 1,336
Vietnam 203 428 555 1,186
Canada 212 272 301 785
Tonga 158 331 274 763
Indonesia 222 245 269 736
Cambodia 196 218 318 732
Sweden 184 205 221 610
Zimbabwe 13 227 338 578
Samoa 145 209 195 549
Others 2,282 2,746 3,306 8,334
Total 17,869 29,549 47,119 94,537

Table 2 Number of students by type, entry cohort, and first study region (1999/00-2001/02)*
Nationality Single Single Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
Auckland 4,612 7,973 11,815 24,400
Canterbury 1,744 2,636 3,968 8,348
Wellington 1,080 1,519 1,970 4,569
Waikato 755 1,101 1,479 3,335
Otago 765 952 1,224 2,941
Manawatu 455 600 810 1,865
Bay of Plenty 205 293 506 1,004
Hawkes Bay 170 202 269 641
Nelson 184 185 245 614
Northland 92 125 151 368
Taranaki 88 116 134 338
Wanganui 91 106 165 362
Marlborough 41 112 155 308
Eastland 67 98 90 255
Southland 78 78 70 226
Coromandel 45 53 69 167
Wairarapa 55 59 65 179
Fiordland 74 21 10 105
Others 37 39 53 129
Not Recorded 1,723 3,098 5,092 9,913
Total 12,361 19,366 28,340 60,067

Table 2a Number of students by type, entry cohort, and first study region (1999/00-2001/02)*
Nationality Multiple Multiple Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
Auckland 3,127 5,864 10,582 19,573
Canterbury 770 1,353 2,937 5,060
Wellington 389 871 1,660 2,920
Waikato 285 565 963 1,813
Otago 225 328 441 994
Manawatu 145 246 510 901
Bay of Plenty 98 182 445 725
Hawkes Bay 40 63 102 205
Nelson 45 35 46 126
Northland 37 74 109 220
Taranaki 35 62 115 212
Wanganui 33 55 70 158
Marlborough 11 74 109 194
Eastland 32 41 52 125
Southland 22 39 31 92
Coromandel 15 6 10 31
Wairarapa 3 6 7 16
Fiordland 1 2 0 3
Others 11 5 15 31
Not Recorded 184 312 575 1,071
Total 5,508 10,183 18,779 34,470

Table 2b Number of students by type, entry cohort, and first study region (1999/00-2001/02)*
Nationality Multiple Total Total Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
Auckland 19,573 7,739 13,837 22,397 43,973
Canterbury 5,060 2,514 3,989 6,905 13,408
Wellington 2,920 1,469 2,390 3,630 7,489
Waikato 1,813 1,040 1,666 2,442 5,148
Otago 994 990 1,280 1,665 3,935
Manawatu 901 600 846 1,320 2,766
Bay of Plenty 725 303 475 951 1,729
Hawkes Bay 205 210 265 371 846
Nelson 126 229 220 291 740
Northland 220 129 199 260 588
Taranaki 212 123 178 249 550
Wanganui 158 124 161 235 520
Marlborough 194 52 186 264 502
Eastland 125 99 139 142 380
Southland 92 100 117 101 318
Coromandel 31 60 59 79 198
Wairarapa 16 58 65 72 195
Fiordland 3 75 23 10 108
Others 31 48 44 68 160
Not Recorded 1,071 1,907 3,410 5,667 10,984
Total 34,470 17,869 29,549 47,119 94,537

*Summary tables shown elsewhere in this report exclude students where region data is 'Not Recorded'. The denominator used for calculating percentages from this table therefore equals the 'Total' figure minus 'Not Recorded'.

Table 3 Number of students by nationality, type, and first study region (1999/00-2001/02)*
Nationality China South Korea
Single Multiple Single Multiple
Auckland 4,202 14,924 7,671 1,584
Canterbury 966 3,740 2,203 453
Wellington 539 2,258 640 104
Waikato 491 1,332 563 94
Otago 139 515 220 47
Manawatu 234 554 211 33
Bay of Plenty 90 530 214 47
Hawkes Bay 21 96 88 21
Nelson 15 50 59 11
Northland 40 163 69 23
Taranaki 17 79 15 11
Wanganui 16 99 37 5
Marlborough 34 131 46 12
Eastland 9 66 56 9
Southland 9 51 17 9
Coromandel 3 5 18 5
Wairarapa 0 6 3 0
Fiordland 3 0 0 0
Others 6 18 3 3
Not recorded 736 492 1,731 142
Total 7,570 25,109 13,864 2,613

Table 3a Number of students by nationality, type, and first study region (1999/00-2001/02)*
Nationality Japan USA
Single Multiple Single Multiple
Auckland 1,881 372 644 16
Canterbury 1,452 216 750 20
Wellington 442 88 371 14
Waikato 329 56 424 13
Otago 387 78 779 24
Manawatu 502 104 88 5
Bay of Plenty 212 33 25 0
Hawkes Bay 163 21 14 0
Nelson 145 18 26 0
Northland 49 8 11 0
Taranaki 68 9 16 0
Wanganui 48 10 10 1
Marlborough 51 13 14 0
Eastland 40 16 5 0
Southland 57 5 14 0
Coromandel 69 17 5 0
Wairarapa 58 3 11 0
Fiordland 8 0 7 0
Others 29 2 8 0
Not recorded 253 34 405 5
Total 6,243 1,103 3,627 98

Table 3b Number of students by nationality, type, and first study region (1999/00-2001/02)*
Nationality Others Total Total
Single Multiple Single Multiple
Auckland 10,002 2,677 24,400 19,573 43,973
Canterbury 2,977 631 8,348 5,060 13,408
Wellington 2,577 456 4,569 2,920 7,489
Waikato 1,528 318 3,335 1,813 5,148
Otago 1,416 330 2,941 994 3,935
Manawatu 830 205 1,865 901 2,766
Bay of Plenty 463 115 1,004 725 1,729
Hawkes Bay 355 67 641 205 846
Nelson 369 47 614 126 740
Northland 199 26 368 220 588
Taranaki 222 113 338 212 550
Wanganui 251 43 362 158 520
Marlborough 163 38 308 194 502
Eastland 145 34 255 125 380
Southland 129 27 226 92 318
Coromandel 72 4 167 31 198
Wairarapa 107 7 179 16 195
Fiordland 87 3 105 3 108
Others 83 8 129 31 160
Not recorded 6,788 398 9,913 1,071 10,984
Total 28,763 5,547 60,067 34,470 94,537

*Summary tables shown elsewhere in this report exclude students where region data is 'Not Recorded'. The denominator used for calculating percentages from this table therefore equals the 'Total' figure minus 'Not Recorded'.

Table 4 Number of single sector students by study sector, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality School Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 218 427 757 1,402
South Korea 955 2,121 4,159 7,235
Japan 726 787 857 2,370
USA 274 267 282 823
Thailand 238 322 393 953
Germany 211 105 201 517
Taiwan 144 135 138 417
India 46 64 121 231
Great Britain 354 448 658 1,460
Brazil 280 448 582 1,310
Others 2,000 2,890 3,443 8,333
Total 5,446 8,014 11,591 25,051

Table 4a Number of single sector students by study sector, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality English Language Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 432 1,132 3,314 4,878
South Korea 888 1,915 3,154 5,957
Japan 851 1,037 1,384 3,272
USA 14 20 15 49
Thailand 275 550 608 1,433
Germany 180 455 410 1,045
Taiwan 272 396 493 1,161
India 7 39 19 65
Great Britain 0 4 4 8
Brazil 44 134 222 400
Others 573 903 1,154 2,630
Total 3,536 6,585 10,777 20,898

Table 4b Number of single sector students by study sector, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality University Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 141 292 497 930
South Korea 22 31 77 130
Japan 49 55 49 153
USA 637 840 1,058 2,535
Thailand 28 51 31 110
Germany 112 206 295 613
Taiwan 16 7 11 34
India 32 81 203 316
Great Britain 43 43 55 141
Brazil 11 9 12 32
Others 1,027 1,318 1,318 3,663
Total 2,118 2,933 3,606 8,657

Table 4c Number of single sector students by study sector, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality Private Training Establishment Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 22 40 62 124
South Korea 115 134 190 439
Japan 133 146 122 401
USA 55 37 53 145
Thailand 12 18 12 42
Germany 11 21 28 60
Taiwan 12 26 31 69
India 21 97 239 357
Great Britain 14 21 21 56
Brazil 7 10 4 21
Others 295 365 427 1,087
Total 697 915 1,189 2,801

Table 4d Number of single sector students by study sector, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality Polytechnic/Inst. of Technology Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 18 53 104 175
South Korea 6 3 22 31
Japan 8 16 11 35
USA 11 14 22 47
Thailand 4 8 4 16
Germany 19 52 49 120
Taiwan 4 5 0 9
India 43 154 195 392
Great Britain 15 15 14 44
Brazil 2 2 1 5
Others 280 351 393 1,024
Total 410 673 815 1,898

Table 4e Number of single sector students by study sector, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality Other sector (incl. not recorded) Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 3 15 43 61
South Korea 18 18 36 72
Japan 3 2 7 12
USA 8 8 12 28
Thailand 1 3 2 6
Germany 4 9 3 16
Taiwan 1 2 4 7
India 3 8 24 35
Great Britain 8 12 16 36
Brazil 2 0 2 4
Others 103 169 213 485
Total 154 246 362 762

Table 5 Number of multiple sector students by sector pathway, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)*
Nationality English Language - Tertiary Education Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 1,106 3,116 6,850 11,072
South Korea 76 158 244 478
Japan 98 92 103 293
Thailand 55 61 56 172
India 1 10 11 22
Taiwan 39 44 58 141
Hong Kong 35 37 28 100
Vietnam 34 56 95 185
Fiji 2 6 0 8
Malaysia 11 16 28 55
Indonesia 27 30 27 84
Great Britain 4 10 4 18
Cambodia 8 16 6 30
Germany 2 6 1 9
USA  0 0 1 1
Others 47 62 85 194
Total 1,545 3,720 7,597 12,862

Table 5a Number of multiple sector students by sector pathway, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)*
Nationality English Language - PTE Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 230 759 2,501 3,490
South Korea 65 108 197 370
Japan 44 57 46 147
Thailand 21 31 38 90
India 1 11 14 26
Taiwan 20 22 38 80
Hong Kong 14 14 8 36
Vietnam 2 20 33 55
Fiji 0 1 0 1
Malaysia 1 1 0 2
Indonesia 10 2 13 25
Great Britain  0 1 0 1
Cambodia 15 5 8 28
Germany  0 0 0  0
USA 2 2 1 5
Others 14 15 24 53
Total 439 1,049 2,921 4,409

Table 5b Number of multiple sector students by sector pathway, entry cohort, and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)*
Nationality School - Tertiary Education Total
99/00 00/01 01/02
China 561 595 724 1,880
South Korea 36 60 86 182
Japan 17 28 26 71
Thailand 18 19 29 66
India 2 2 3 7
Taiwan 13 12 18 43
Hong Kong 29 51 50 130
Vietnam 1 12 17 30
Fiji 9 25 24 58
Malaysia 18 42 27 87
Indonesia 11 9 9 29
Great Britain 8 11 8 27
Cambodia 3 1 4 8
Germany 2 2 2 6
USA 1 1 6 8
Others 51 42 35 128
Total 780 912 1,068 2,760

*This table includes multiple sector students following the three main study pathways. These three pathways account for 58% of multiple sector students (20,031 out of 34,470).

Table 6 Number and proportion of students by age group and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality Age group Total
0-16 17-19 20-24 25-29 30+
China 3,075 15,815 10,926 2,023 840 32,679
South Korea 8,370 1,141 3,539 1,868 1,559 16,477
Japan 2,516 1,626 1,804 817 583 7,346
USA 723 501 2,287 128 86 3,725
Thailand 1,202 453 888 406 292 3,241
Germany 1,116 437 599 273 84 2,509
Taiwan 664 361 542 474 254 2,295
India 246 292 910 466 132 2,046
Great Britain 1,493 126 116 56 99 1,890
Brazil 948 508 215 93 50 1,814
Fiji 825 496 226 91 143 1,781
South Africa 1,417 113 31 17 14 1,592
Malaysia 214 413 750 85 71 1,533
Hong Kong 495 463 202 91 85 1,336
Vietnam 227 478 283 121 77 1,186
Canada 249 207 225 63 41 785
Tonga 466 120 79 43 55 763
Indonesia 144 204 181 88 119 736
Cambodia 106 207 326 63 30 732
Sweden 84 107 285 113 21 610
Zimbabwe 492 55 11 11 9 578
Samoa 222 181 98 23 25 549
Others 2,632 1,537 1,890 1,067 1,208 8,334
Total 27,926 25,841 26,413 8,480 5,877 94,537

Table 6a Number and proportion of students by age group and nationality (1999/00-2001/02)
Nationality Proportion of students in each age group Total
0-16 17-19 20-24 25-29 30+
China 9% 48% 33% 6% 3% 100%
South Korea 51% 7% 21% 11% 9% 100%
Japan 34% 22% 25% 11% 8% 100%
USA 19% 13% 61% 3% 2% 100%
Thailand 37% 14% 27% 13% 9% 100%
Germany 44% 17% 24% 11% 3% 100%
Taiwan 29% 16% 24% 21% 11% 100%
India 12% 14% 44% 23% 6% 100%
Great Britain 79% 7% 6% 3% 5% 100%
Brazil 52% 28% 12% 5% 3% 100%
Fiji 46% 28% 13% 5% 8% 100%
South Africa 89% 7% 2% 1% 1% 100%
Malaysia 14% 27% 49% 6% 5% 100%
Hong Kong 37% 35% 15% 7% 6% 100%
Vietnam 19% 40% 24% 10% 6% 100%
Canada 32% 26% 29% 8% 5% 100%
Tonga 61% 16% 10% 6% 7% 100%
Indonesia 20% 28% 25% 12% 16% 100%
Cambodia 14% 28% 45% 9% 4% 100%
Sweden 14% 18% 47% 19% 3% 100%
Zimbabwe 85% 10% 2% 2% 2% 100%
Samoa 40% 33% 18% 4% 5% 100%
Others 32% 18% 23% 13% 14% 100%
Total 30% 27% 28% 9% 6% 100%