Blueberries — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Blueberries — Area harvested was 792 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Blueberries — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 792 ha for blueberries — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, blueberries — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 792 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 15th out of 36 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.
Blueberries — 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 | 2 ha | — |
| 1973 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5 ha | +150.0% |
| 1977 | 8 ha | +60.0% |
| 1978 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 14 ha | +75.0% |
| 1980 | 130 ha | +828.6% |
| 1981 | 304 ha | +133.8% |
| 1982 | 450 ha | +48.0% |
| 1983 | 487 ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 516 ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 606 ha | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 566 ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 553 ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 532 ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 495 ha | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 346 ha | -30.1% |
| 1991 | 350 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 328 ha | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 340 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 357 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 377 ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 280 ha | -25.7% |
| 1997 | 200 ha | -28.6% |
| 1998 | 256 ha | +28.0% |
| 1999 | 220 ha | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 348 ha | +58.2% |
| 2001 | 350 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 450 ha | +28.6% |
| 2003 | 449 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 400 ha | -10.9% |
| 2005 | 567 ha | +41.8% |
| 2006 | 519 ha | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 522 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 450 ha | -13.8% |
| 2009 | 539 ha | +19.8% |
| 2010 | 546 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 549 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 579 ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 585 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 621 ha | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 615 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 627 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 624 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 684 ha | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 755 ha | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 760 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 760 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 787 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 787 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 792 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.3 ha | 0 ha | 14 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 463.9 ha | 130 ha | 606 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 305.4 ha | 200 ha | 377 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 459.4 ha | 348 ha | 567 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 618.5 ha | 546 ha | 755 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 777.2 ha | 760 ha | 792 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is blueberries — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Blueberries — area harvested in New Zealand was 792 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest blueberries — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 792 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest blueberries — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for blueberries — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 15th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is blueberries — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.5%. 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 Blueberries — 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.