Avocados — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Avocados — Yield was 8,304 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Yield in New Zealand, 1974–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — yield in New Zealand is 8,304 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and down 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in New Zealand peaked at 9,735 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 123.9 kg/ha, in 1977.
New Zealand ranks 33rd of 69 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.
Avocados — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 593.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1975 | 600 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 576.9 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 123.9 kg/ha | -78.5% |
| 1978 | 619 kg/ha | +399.6% |
| 1979 | 581.7 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 320.6 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 1981 | 716.5 kg/ha | +123.5% |
| 1982 | 615.4 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1983 | 614.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 621.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 558.8 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1986 | 653.1 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1987 | 809.1 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1988 | 1,003 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1989 | 904.1 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1990 | 1,829 kg/ha | +102.3% |
| 1991 | 2,468 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1992 | 1,552 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 1993 | 1,984 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1994 | 1,856 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 1,889 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 2,225 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1997 | 3,077 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 1998 | 4,818 kg/ha | +56.6% |
| 1999 | 7,750 kg/ha | +60.8% |
| 2000 | 4,764 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 2001 | 7,538 kg/ha | +58.2% |
| 2002 | 4,314 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 2003 | 3,290 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2004 | 4,585 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2005 | 6,756 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 2006 | 5,000 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 2007 | 4,995 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 4,250 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2009 | 4,979 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 5,337 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 5,407 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 6,146 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2013 | 5,900 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 9,735 kg/ha | +65.0% |
| 2015 | 7,371 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2016 | 7,230 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 6,786 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 7,260 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 7,600 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 7,858 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 8,085 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 8,007 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 8,155 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 8,304 kg/ha | +1.8% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 8,304 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,047 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 8,304 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,866 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +399.6% | 123.9 kg/ha | 619 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 515.88 kg/ha | 123.9 kg/ha | 619 kg/ha | 6 |
| 1980s | 681.71 kg/ha | 320.6 kg/ha | 1,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,945 kg/ha | 1,552 kg/ha | 7,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,047 kg/ha | 3,290 kg/ha | 7,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,877 kg/ha | 5,337 kg/ha | 9,735 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,082 kg/ha | 7,858 kg/ha | 8,304 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
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 avocados — yield in New Zealand?
- Avocados — yield in New Zealand was 8,304 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 9,735 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 123.9 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does New Zealand rank for avocados — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 33rd out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.7%. 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 — 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.