Find data for and about disabled people in Aotearoa

Improve wellbeing through better, data-informed decisions.

Welcome to Aotearoa Disability Figures.

Aotearoa Disability Figures brings together data, research and reports for disabled people in Aotearoa. You can access data from reputable sources that is free for you to take and use.

Find data on disabled people's wellbeing, employment, housing, education, health, and more. You can also read reports that contain data about disabled people in NZ and other topics.

Data empowers us

To work towards a better future for disabled people in Aotearoa, we need to build compelling, evidence-backed stories to advocate for change.

Data is a vital tool to help us understand, measure, manage, and assess issues and the impact of the changes we make.

But for a long time, disabled people have struggled to access data. Learn about the history of disability data in our guest essay.

Read Aotearoa's disability data history
Smiling Māori woman who has Cerebral Palsy and is wearing fabulous earrings drives her motorised wheelchair past a park with hydrangeas.
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  • Read reports and presentations

    Get information that supports your use of data and provides a deeper understanding of disabled people's life in Aotearoa through the lens of data

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