Bees — Stocks in New Zealand
New Zealand: Bees — Stocks was 533,838 No in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bees — Stocks in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
In 2024, bees — stocks in New Zealand stood at 533,838 No.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.0% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in New Zealand peaked at 918,026 No in 2019 and was at its lowest, 179,953 No, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 37th out of 130 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 189,233 No | 179,953 No | 195,000 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 206,455 No | 190,000 No | 226,870 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 289,398 No | 222,000 No | 340,433 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 301,141 No | 286,806 No | 320,695 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 340,148 No | 315,333 No | 389,971 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 610,899 No | 402,069 No | 918,026 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 708,200 No | 533,838 No | 869,056 No | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 34 Tunisia 630,000 No compare
- 35 Albania 587,296 No compare
- 36 Azerbaijan 583,286 No compare
- 38 Syrian Arab Republic 532,545 No compare
- 39 Yugoslav SFR 520,275 No compare
- 40 Czechia 510,000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture share gdp 4.01 (2023)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.01 (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 16.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 852,066 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.28 billion current US$ (2023)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 0 t (1998)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bees — stocks in New Zealand?
- Bees — stocks in New Zealand was 533,838 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 918,026 No in 2019.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 179,953 No in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for bees — stocks?
- New Zealand ranks 37th out of 130 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. 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 Bees — Stocks. 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.