Non-profit Institutions Satellite Account: 2004

QuickStats About Non-Profit Institutions: 2004

• Non-profit institutions make a significant contribution to the economic and social well-being of New Zealand. Examples of non-profit institutions include cultural societies, sports clubs, social service institutions, private schools and hospitals, churches, environmental groups, trade unions, political parties and charitable trusts. 

Key highlights

• Non-profit institutions contributed 2.6 percent to New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2004. 

 

• When volunteer labour is included, non-profit institutions’ contribution to GDP increases from 2.6 percent to 4.9 percent.

• Over one million (1,011,600) volunteers gave more than 270 million hours of unpaid labour to non-profit institutions in 2004. 

• There were 97,000 non-profit institutions identified as at October 2005. 

• Non-profit institutions had 105,340 paid employees as at October 2005. Only 10 percent of all non-profit institutions employed paid staff.

Non-profit Institutions Satellite Account: 2004 (pdf)