Ngā tatauranga mō ngā mema kei te puta i te KiwiSaver Statistics on members exiting KiwiSaver

All current KiwiSaver data, including monthly data, is available in an Excel download located on the Datasets for KiwiSaver statistics page. Annual data is due to be uploaded by 30 September.

Datasets for KiwiSaver statistics

Number of KiwiSaver closed accounts

This graph shows the number of KiwiSaver accounts that have been closed by reason as at 30 June 2025.

As at June 2025:

• 603,794 members have closed their accounts, up from 181,827 in June 2015
• 104,506 members have closed their accounts due to death, up from 47,201 in June 2015
• 89,782 members have closed their accounts due to permanent emigration, up from 50,110 in June 2015
• 16,754 members have closed their accounts due to serious illness, up from 2,080 in 2015
• 93,665 members have closed their account for other reasons, up from 20,313 in 2015

Notes:

• 'Other' contains reasons such as invalid enrolment or court order.
• Permanent emigration includes KiwiSaver members who transfer to an Australian superannuation scheme.
• Since the introduction of KiwiSaver on 1 July 2007, the earliest a member could exit and withdraw funds due to retirement was 1 July 2012, if they had been in the scheme for 5 years and were 65 years old.
• All figures are as at September 2025.
• From April 2020, KiwiSaver information is reported from a new system.