New Zealand vs Northern Europe: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- New Zealand
- Northern Europe
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 10,014 kg/ha against 6,026 kg/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 3,988 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.7 times Northern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 1st and Northern Europe ranks 2nd of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 3 and Northern Europe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,329 kg/ha | 3,585 kg/ha | 256.71 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1970s | 3,385 kg/ha | 4,370 kg/ha | 984.78 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1980s | 4,064 kg/ha | 6,052 kg/ha | 1,988 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1990s | 5,363 kg/ha | 6,494 kg/ha | 1,131 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 2000s | 7,391 kg/ha | 6,569 kg/ha | 822.25 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 8,761 kg/ha | 6,412 kg/ha | 2,349 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 9,744 kg/ha | 6,318 kg/ha | 3,426 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, New Zealand or Northern Europe?
- New Zealand, at 10,014 kg/ha against 6,026 kg/ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between New Zealand and Northern Europe?
- 3,988 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Northern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Northern Europe rank globally for wheat — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 1st and Northern Europe ranks 2nd 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.