Barley — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Barley — Area harvested was 46,155 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — 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 barley — area harvested in New Zealand is 46,155 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 152,332 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 26,543 ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 60th of 105 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.
Barley — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,543 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,207 ha | +17.6% |
| 1963 | 35,381 ha | +13.4% |
| 1964 | 38,031 ha | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 35,207 ha | -7.4% |
| 1966 | 33,986 ha | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 37,220 ha | +9.5% |
| 1968 | 62,725 ha | +68.5% |
| 1969 | 63,550 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 56,080 ha | -11.8% |
| 1971 | 81,378 ha | +45.1% |
| 1972 | 96,263 ha | +18.3% |
| 1973 | 73,750 ha | -23.4% |
| 1974 | 87,143 ha | +18.2% |
| 1975 | 104,495 ha | +19.9% |
| 1976 | 84,739 ha | -18.9% |
| 1977 | 74,326 ha | -12.3% |
| 1978 | 70,837 ha | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 77,518 ha | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 66,461 ha | -14.3% |
| 1981 | 67,383 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 87,428 ha | +29.7% |
| 1983 | 81,749 ha | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 125,415 ha | +53.4% |
| 1985 | 152,332 ha | +21.5% |
| 1986 | 138,551 ha | -9.0% |
| 1987 | 99,400 ha | -28.3% |
| 1988 | 80,500 ha | -19.0% |
| 1989 | 83,900 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 93,800 ha | +11.8% |
| 1991 | 83,740 ha | -10.7% |
| 1992 | 67,380 ha | -19.5% |
| 1993 | 79,785 ha | +18.4% |
| 1994 | 76,858 ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 53,163 ha | -30.8% |
| 1996 | 74,300 ha | +39.8% |
| 1997 | 76,600 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 58,900 ha | -23.1% |
| 1999 | 55,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 54,500 ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 70,192 ha | +28.8% |
| 2002 | 78,097 ha | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 63,402 ha | -18.8% |
| 2004 | 48,503 ha | -23.5% |
| 2005 | 49,825 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 47,078 ha | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 51,481 ha | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 67,435 ha | +31.0% |
| 2009 | 77,669 ha | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 52,340 ha | -32.6% |
| 2011 | 64,868 ha | +23.9% |
| 2012 | 65,703 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 61,328 ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 59,337 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 64,164 ha | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 51,892 ha | -19.1% |
| 2017 | 41,967 ha | -19.1% |
| 2018 | 56,271 ha | +34.1% |
| 2019 | 55,457 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 45,145 ha | -18.6% |
| 2021 | 44,200 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 48,171 ha | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 50,054 ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 46,155 ha | -7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,428 ha | 26,543 ha | 63,550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 80,653 ha | 56,080 ha | 104,495 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 98,312 ha | 66,461 ha | 152,332 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,033 ha | 53,163 ha | 93,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,818 ha | 47,078 ha | 78,097 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,333 ha | 41,967 ha | 65,703 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,745 ha | 44,200 ha | 50,054 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Barley — area harvested in New Zealand was 46,155 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 152,332 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,543 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for barley — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 60th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. 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 Barley — 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.