Barley — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Barley — Yield was 7,703 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — 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 barley — yield in New Zealand is 7,703 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.7% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in New Zealand peaked at 7,703 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,516 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places New Zealand 1st out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,918 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,588 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1963 | 2,693 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 3,445 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1965 | 3,008 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1966 | 3,357 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1967 | 3,601 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 3,497 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 3,660 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 3,111 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 3,187 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 3,485 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 3,868 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1974 | 2,772 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1975 | 2,516 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1976 | 3,369 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1977 | 3,661 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 3,652 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 3,400 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 3,436 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 4,028 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1982 | 4,070 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 4,238 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 4,553 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 4,230 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 4,014 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1987 | 4,031 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 4,423 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 3,896 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 4,636 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1991 | 4,562 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 4,731 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 4,882 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 5,146 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 5,696 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1996 | 4,942 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1997 | 5,366 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 5,772 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 5,448 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 5,541 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 5,200 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 5,645 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 5,865 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 4,661 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2005 | 6,062 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2006 | 5,884 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 6,908 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 6,061 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2009 | 5,604 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 5,890 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 5,672 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 6,678 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2013 | 6,791 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 6,838 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 6,813 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 7,018 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 7,091 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 6,748 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 6,918 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 7,480 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 7,354 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 6,845 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 7,150 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 7,703 kg/ha | +7.7% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 7,703 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 7,703 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,863 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,196 kg/ha | 2,588 kg/ha | 3,660 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,302 kg/ha | 2,516 kg/ha | 3,868 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,092 kg/ha | 3,436 kg/ha | 4,553 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,118 kg/ha | 4,562 kg/ha | 5,772 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,743 kg/ha | 4,661 kg/ha | 6,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,646 kg/ha | 5,672 kg/ha | 7,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,306 kg/ha | 6,845 kg/ha | 7,703 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 1 Republic of Moldova 3,118 kg/ha compare
- 2 Chile 7,492 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 2,536 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,332 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 7,476 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 7,370 kg/ha compare
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 barley — yield in New Zealand?
- Barley — yield in New Zealand was 7,703 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 7,703 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,516 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does New Zealand rank for barley — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.