Central America vs New Zealand: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Central America
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 10,014 kg/ha against 5,631 kg/ha in Central America, a difference of 4,383 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.8 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.
Central America ranks 4th and New Zealand ranks 1st of 26 groups.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,305 kg/ha | 3,329 kg/ha | 1,024 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 3,283 kg/ha | 3,385 kg/ha | 101.82 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 4,020 kg/ha | 4,064 kg/ha | 43.93 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 4,182 kg/ha | 5,363 kg/ha | 1,181 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 4,863 kg/ha | 7,391 kg/ha | 2,528 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 5,298 kg/ha | 8,761 kg/ha | 3,463 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 5,823 kg/ha | 9,744 kg/ha | 3,920 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Central America or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 10,014 kg/ha against 5,631 kg/ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Central America and New Zealand?
- 4,383 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and New Zealand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and New Zealand rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Central America ranks 4th and New Zealand ranks 1st of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Yield. 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.