Australia vs New Zealand: Bees — Stocks
Bees — Stocks over time
- Australia
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 533,838 No against 500,220 No in Australia, a difference of 33,618 No.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 38th and New Zealand ranks 35th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and New Zealand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 325,549 No | 189,233 No | 136,317 No | Australia |
| 1970s | 439,325 No | 206,455 No | 232,870 No | Australia |
| 1980s | 490,824 No | 289,398 No | 201,426 No | Australia |
| 1990s | 415,768 No | 301,141 No | 114,627 No | Australia |
| 2000s | 368,100 No | 340,148 No | 27,952 No | Australia |
| 2010s | 453,362 No | 610,899 No | 157,536 No | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 534,427 No | 708,200 No | 173,773 No | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bees — stocks, Australia or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 533,838 No against 500,220 No in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bees — stocks between Australia and New Zealand?
- 33,618 No, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for bees — stocks?
- Australia ranks 38th and New Zealand ranks 35th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Bees — Stocks. 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.