Apples — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Apples — Yield was 60,409 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — yield in New Zealand is 60,409 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in New Zealand peaked at 60,409 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22,410 kg/ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 1st of 96 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,410 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,130 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1963 | 23,529 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1964 | 28,790 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1965 | 27,150 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1966 | 29,193 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 26,259 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1968 | 27,779 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 26,530 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 31,454 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1971 | 26,742 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1972 | 30,423 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1973 | 28,110 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1974 | 29,623 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 30,643 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 32,677 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 27,117 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1978 | 33,085 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1979 | 31,534 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 35,806 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1981 | 42,012 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1982 | 36,388 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1983 | 34,530 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 35,044 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 38,278 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1986 | 43,982 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1987 | 39,371 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1988 | 34,126 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1989 | 38,334 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1990 | 31,862 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1991 | 33,539 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 39,690 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1993 | 33,934 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1994 | 31,509 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 33,111 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 34,705 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 35,886 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 34,867 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 37,586 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 43,928 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2001 | 36,680 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2002 | 45,287 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2003 | 41,250 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 49,936 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2005 | 47,714 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 36,420 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2007 | 45,528 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 50,498 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 46,424 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 47,349 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 48,851 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 49,419 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 49,997 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 58,216 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 54,004 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 54,377 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 54,556 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 55,891 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 56,993 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 57,909 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 58,754 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 58,939 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 59,713 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 60,409 kg/ha | +1.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 60,409 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 3.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,530 kg/ha | 22,410 kg/ha | 29,193 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,141 kg/ha | 26,742 kg/ha | 33,085 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,787 kg/ha | 34,126 kg/ha | 43,982 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,669 kg/ha | 31,509 kg/ha | 39,690 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,367 kg/ha | 36,420 kg/ha | 50,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,965 kg/ha | 47,349 kg/ha | 58,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 59,145 kg/ha | 57,909 kg/ha | 60,409 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 1 Türkiye 26,737 kg/ha compare
- 2 Switzerland 59,025 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 51,975 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,474 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 51,790 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in New Zealand?
- Apples — yield in New Zealand was 60,409 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 60,409 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,410 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for apples — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.