New Zealand vs Portugal: Apples — Area harvested
Apples — Area harvested over time
- New Zealand
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 13,650 ha against 9,522 ha in New Zealand, a difference of 4,128 ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.4 times New Zealand's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 49th and Portugal ranks 46th of 96 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,793 ha | 16,458 ha | 12,664 ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 5,150 ha | 27,654 ha | 22,505 ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 7,520 ha | 24,697 ha | 17,177 ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 14,017 ha | 24,123 ha | 10,106 ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 10,990 ha | 17,170 ha | 6,181 ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 9,160 ha | 13,748 ha | 4,588 ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 9,744 ha | 13,910 ha | 4,166 ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — area harvested, New Zealand or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 13,650 ha against 9,522 ha in New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — area harvested between New Zealand and Portugal?
- 4,128 ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Portugal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Portugal rank globally for apples — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 49th and Portugal ranks 46th of 96 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.