Which govt departments have grown the most?
There has been a 34% increase over six years in the size of the public service, in terms of EFTS. But not all agencies have grown by the same proportion. Here are the 10 with the largest relative increases between 2017 and 2023.
- Pacific Peoples 269%
- Environment 189%
- Transport 101%
- MBIE 87%
- Statistics 85%
- Women 78%
- Public Service Cmsn 74%
- Culture & Heritage 68%
- Defence 65%
- Education 64%
So 10 departments have had staff increases of greater than 64%. Amazing
By absolute growth we have:
- MBIE 2,917
- Social Development 2,277
- Education 1,679
- Oranga Tamariki 1,340
- MPI 1,300
- Justice 1,122
- Corrections 1,073
- Statistics 779
- Environment 661
- Internal Affairs 597