Avocados — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Avocados — Area harvested was 4,337 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — area harvested in New Zealand stood at 4,337 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.9% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 5,283 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 25th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 32 ha | — |
| 1975 | 20 ha | -37.5% |
| 1976 | 52 ha | +160.0% |
| 1977 | 113 ha | +117.3% |
| 1978 | 126 ha | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 153 ha | +21.4% |
| 1980 | 209 ha | +36.6% |
| 1981 | 321 ha | +53.6% |
| 1982 | 520 ha | +62.0% |
| 1983 | 992 ha | +90.8% |
| 1984 | 1,062 ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 1,217 ha | +14.6% |
| 1986 | 1,225 ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 1,236 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1,296 ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 1,314 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 1,354 ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 1,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 1,308 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 1,260 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 1,374 ha | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 1,588 ha | +15.6% |
| 1996 | 1,573 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 1,300 ha | -17.4% |
| 1998 | 1,100 ha | -15.4% |
| 1999 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 2,646 ha | +120.5% |
| 2001 | 1,600 ha | -39.5% |
| 2002 | 3,106 ha | +94.1% |
| 2003 | 3,235 ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 2,563 ha | -20.8% |
| 2005 | 3,400 ha | +32.7% |
| 2006 | 3,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 4,004 ha | +33.5% |
| 2008 | 4,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 4,117 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 3,935 ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 3,976 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 4,149 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 4,169 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 3,893 ha | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 3,934 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 4,841 ha | +23.1% |
| 2017 | 3,979 ha | -17.8% |
| 2018 | 4,527 ha | +13.8% |
| 2019 | 4,520 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 4,869 ha | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 4,869 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5,283 ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 5,283 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4,337 ha | -17.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49.6 ha | 0 ha | 153 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 939.2 ha | 209 ha | 1,314 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,336 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,588 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,167 ha | 1,600 ha | 4,117 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,192 ha | 3,893 ha | 4,841 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,928 ha | 4,337 ha | 5,283 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Avocados — area harvested in New Zealand was 4,337 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 5,283 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for avocados — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 25th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. 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 Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.