Ireland vs New Zealand: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Ireland
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 10,014 kg/ha against 8,140 kg/ha in Ireland, a difference of 1,874 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.2 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 2nd and New Zealand ranks 1st of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 6 and New Zealand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,624 kg/ha | 3,329 kg/ha | 295.69 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1970s | 4,418 kg/ha | 3,385 kg/ha | 1,033 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1980s | 6,659 kg/ha | 4,064 kg/ha | 2,595 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1990s | 8,056 kg/ha | 5,363 kg/ha | 2,693 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2000s | 8,836 kg/ha | 7,391 kg/ha | 1,445 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2010s | 9,283 kg/ha | 8,761 kg/ha | 521.53 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2020s | 9,015 kg/ha | 9,744 kg/ha | 728.76 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Ireland or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 10,014 kg/ha against 8,140 kg/ha in Ireland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Ireland and New Zealand?
- 1,874 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and New Zealand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ireland and New Zealand rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Ireland ranks 2nd and New Zealand ranks 1st of 124 countries.
- 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.