Asparagus — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Asparagus — Area harvested was 324 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asparagus — area harvested in New Zealand is 324 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.5% on the previous year and down 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 4,500 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 324 ha, in 2024.
New Zealand ranks 26th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Asparagus — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 ha | — |
| 1962 | 747 ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 795 ha | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 850 ha | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 814 ha | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 886 ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 838 ha | -5.4% |
| 1969 | 940 ha | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 915 ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 844 ha | -7.8% |
| 1972 | 1,082 ha | +28.2% |
| 1973 | 959 ha | -11.4% |
| 1974 | 656 ha | -31.6% |
| 1975 | 838 ha | +27.7% |
| 1976 | 815 ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 426 ha | -47.7% |
| 1978 | 535 ha | +25.6% |
| 1979 | 635 ha | +18.7% |
| 1980 | 896 ha | +41.1% |
| 1981 | 1,588 ha | +77.2% |
| 1982 | 2,271 ha | +43.0% |
| 1983 | 2,892 ha | +27.3% |
| 1984 | 2,840 ha | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 2,840 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,095 ha | +9.0% |
| 1987 | 3,175 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 3,097 ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 3,216 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 2,894 ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 4,500 ha | +55.5% |
| 1992 | 2,453 ha | -45.5% |
| 1993 | 2,348 ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 2,328 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 2,868 ha | +23.2% |
| 1996 | 2,262 ha | -21.1% |
| 1997 | 2,038 ha | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 1,900 ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,177 ha | +14.6% |
| 2001 | 2,096 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 2,015 ha | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 1,935 ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 1,500 ha | -22.5% |
| 2005 | 1,371 ha | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 810 ha | -40.9% |
| 2007 | 871 ha | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 700 ha | -19.6% |
| 2009 | 639 ha | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 799 ha | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 596 ha | -25.4% |
| 2012 | 820 ha | +37.6% |
| 2013 | 679 ha | -17.2% |
| 2014 | 628 ha | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 630 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 598 ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 744 ha | +24.4% |
| 2018 | 569 ha | -23.5% |
| 2019 | 611 ha | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 496 ha | -18.8% |
| 2021 | 496 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 379 ha | -23.6% |
| 2023 | 379 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 324 ha | -14.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 830 ha | 747 ha | 940 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 770.5 ha | 426 ha | 1,082 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,591 ha | 896 ha | 3,216 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,549 ha | 1,900 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,411 ha | 639 ha | 2,177 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 667.4 ha | 569 ha | 820 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 414.8 ha | 324 ha | 496 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 23 Belgium 640 ha compare
- 24 China, Taiwan Province of 521 ha compare
- 25 Switzerland 450 ha compare
- 27 North Macedonia 302 ha compare
- 28 Croatia 210 ha compare
- 28 Denmark 210 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Asparagus — area harvested in New Zealand was 324 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 324 ha in 2024.
- How does New Zealand rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 26th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — 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.