New Zealand vs Zambia: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- New Zealand
- Zambia
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 46,395 ha against 28,052 ha in Zambia, a difference of 18,343 ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.7 times Zambia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 81st and Zambia ranks 84th of 124 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 92,196 ha | 215.56 ha | 91,980 ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 92,347 ha | 806.4 ha | 91,540 ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 71,288 ha | 5,084 ha | 66,204 ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 45,972 ha | 11,594 ha | 34,378 ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 43,944 ha | 17,428 ha | 26,517 ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 48,432 ha | 29,853 ha | 18,579 ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 43,798 ha | 30,899 ha | 12,898 ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, New Zealand or Zambia?
- New Zealand, at 46,395 ha against 28,052 ha in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between New Zealand and Zambia?
- 18,343 ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Zambia rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 81st and Zambia ranks 84th of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.