Eastern Asia vs New Zealand: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Eastern Asia
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 10,014 kg/ha against 5,848 kg/ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 4,166 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.7 times Eastern Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 3rd 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 | Eastern Asia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 945.69 kg/ha | 3,329 kg/ha | 2,383 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 1,545 kg/ha | 3,385 kg/ha | 1,839 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 2,696 kg/ha | 4,064 kg/ha | 1,368 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 3,517 kg/ha | 5,363 kg/ha | 1,846 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 4,216 kg/ha | 7,391 kg/ha | 3,175 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 5,152 kg/ha | 8,761 kg/ha | 3,609 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 5,734 kg/ha | 9,744 kg/ha | 4,009 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Eastern Asia or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 10,014 kg/ha against 5,848 kg/ha in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Eastern Asia and New Zealand?
- 4,166 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and New Zealand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and New Zealand rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Eastern Asia ranks 3rd 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.