Apricots — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Apricots — Area harvested was 266 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apricots — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 266 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 860 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 266 ha, in 2024.
That places New Zealand 56th out of 80 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 325 ha | — |
| 1962 | 337 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 340 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 372 ha | +9.4% |
| 1965 | 380 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 392 ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 420 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 453 ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 469 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 502 ha | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 546 ha | +8.8% |
| 1972 | 587 ha | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 615 ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 534 ha | -13.2% |
| 1975 | 579 ha | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 574 ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 541 ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 552 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 570 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 581 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 511 ha | -12.0% |
| 1982 | 571 ha | +11.7% |
| 1983 | 668 ha | +17.0% |
| 1984 | 670 ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 750 ha | +11.9% |
| 1986 | 778 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 776 ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 832 ha | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 857 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 854 ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 860 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 814 ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 804 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 844 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 831 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 735 ha | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 850 ha | +15.6% |
| 1998 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 700 ha | -17.6% |
| 2000 | 759 ha | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 697 ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 636 ha | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 597 ha | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 590 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 480 ha | -18.6% |
| 2006 | 500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 457 ha | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 450 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 426 ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 454 ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 423 ha | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 434 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 457 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 530 ha | +16.0% |
| 2015 | 444 ha | -16.2% |
| 2016 | 425 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 445 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 396 ha | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 385 ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 376 ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 376 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 271 ha | -27.9% |
| 2023 | 271 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 266 ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 387.56 ha | 325 ha | 469 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 560 ha | 502 ha | 615 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 699.4 ha | 511 ha | 857 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 814.2 ha | 700 ha | 860 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 559.2 ha | 426 ha | 759 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 439.3 ha | 385 ha | 530 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 312 ha | 266 ha | 376 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apricots — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Apricots — area harvested in New Zealand was 266 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 860 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 266 ha in 2024.
- How does New Zealand rank for apricots — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 56th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — Area harvested. 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.