New Zealand vs Western Europe: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- New Zealand
- Western Europe
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 10,014 kg/ha against 6,342 kg/ha in Western Europe, a difference of 3,672 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.6 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 1st and Western Europe ranks 1st of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 4 and Western Europe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,329 kg/ha | 3,291 kg/ha | 37.24 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 3,385 kg/ha | 4,291 kg/ha | 905.85 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 4,064 kg/ha | 5,613 kg/ha | 1,550 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 5,363 kg/ha | 6,780 kg/ha | 1,417 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 7,391 kg/ha | 7,097 kg/ha | 294.03 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 8,761 kg/ha | 7,207 kg/ha | 1,554 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 9,744 kg/ha | 6,998 kg/ha | 2,746 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, New Zealand or Western Europe?
- New Zealand, at 10,014 kg/ha against 6,342 kg/ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between New Zealand and Western Europe?
- 3,672 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Western Europe rank globally for wheat — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 1st and Western Europe 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.