Unemployment and Under utilisation rate 2019/2020
20.0
18.0
18.0
15.8
15.5
16.0
14.8
14.2
14.0
12.0
10.0
10.3
9.0
9.6
8.5
8.0
6.0
4.0
9.7
9.4
8.7
7.5
7.9
7.2
3.5
3.0
3.1
3.3
3.5
Mar
Jun
Sep
Dec
Mar
2.0
-
2019
2020
European - Unemployment
European Under-utilisation
Pacific - Unemployment
Pacific Under-utilisation
FIGURE 10: Unemployment and under-utilisationrate, Pacific and Eurpoean people in Atoearoa New Zealand101
The Treasury explored Pacific peoples’ contribution in 2018. According to its report, Pacific peoples’ production
of goods, expenditure in the economy and receipt of household income, contributed of $21.5 billion in the
2018 year.
Contribution to GDP Type
$ (billions)
Production
3.1
Expenditure
10.4
Income
8.0
Total Contribution 21.5
FIGURE 11: The fiscal contribution to GDP made by Pacific Peoples102
101
102
Statistics New Zealand 2020 - Household Labour Force Survey March 2020 Quarter.
Treasury. 2018. The New Zealand Pacific Economy. Wellington: Treasury. Accessed at https://treasury.govt.nz/sites/
default/files/2018-11/nz-pacific-economy-nov18.pdf.
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