Apricots — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Apricots — Yield was 7,081 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apricots — 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 apricots — yield in New Zealand is 7,081 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — yield in New Zealand peaked at 17,353 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 5,651 kg/ha, in 1992.
New Zealand ranks 28th of 70 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,354 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,217 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 17,353 kg/ha | +54.7% |
| 1964 | 16,129 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 12,553 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1966 | 12,500 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 13,333 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 10,839 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1969 | 10,661 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 13,347 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1971 | 13,886 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 12,302 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1973 | 11,418 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 13,522 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1975 | 8,466 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1976 | 8,148 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 10,475 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1978 | 9,105 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1979 | 11,828 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1980 | 10,912 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 12,794 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1982 | 12,711 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 8,084 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1984 | 12,000 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 1985 | 12,500 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 12,854 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 11,211 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1988 | 10,216 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1989 | 8,168 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 12,042 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 1991 | 9,837 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1992 | 5,651 kg/ha | -42.6% |
| 1993 | 9,080 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1994 | 8,886 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 9,146 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 9,116 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 8,824 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 8,706 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 10,571 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2000 | 9,750 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 8,608 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 11,006 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2003 | 7,538 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2004 | 6,634 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2005 | 7,662 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2006 | 7,400 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 7,659 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 7,556 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 7,512 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 7,520 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 7,613 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 7,596 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 7,525 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 7,441 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 7,441 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 7,424 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 7,396 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 7,345 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 7,293 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 7,204 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 7,196 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 7,173 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 7,126 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 7,081 kg/ha | -0.6% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 7,081 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,416 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — Yield in New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +60.7% | 5,651 kg/ha | 9,080 kg/ha |
| 1963 | +54.7% | 11,217 kg/ha | 17,353 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +48.4% | 8,084 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +47.4% | 8,168 kg/ha | 12,042 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,882 kg/ha | 10,661 kg/ha | 17,353 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,250 kg/ha | 8,148 kg/ha | 13,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,145 kg/ha | 8,084 kg/ha | 12,854 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,186 kg/ha | 5,651 kg/ha | 12,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,132 kg/ha | 6,634 kg/ha | 11,006 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,459 kg/ha | 7,293 kg/ha | 7,613 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,156 kg/ha | 7,081 kg/ha | 7,204 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apricots — yield in New Zealand?
- Apricots — yield in New Zealand was 7,081 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 17,353 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest apricots — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,651 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does New Zealand rank for apricots — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 28th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. 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 — 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.