Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 63 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 63 ha for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 898 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 61 ha, in 2014.
New Zealand ranks 45th of 61 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.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 140 ha | -12.5% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +42.9% |
| 1964 | 240 ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 243 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | -17.7% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | -50.0% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 133 ha | +33.0% |
| 1972 | 469 ha | +252.6% |
| 1973 | 390 ha | -16.8% |
| 1974 | 264 ha | -32.3% |
| 1975 | 256 ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 429 ha | +67.6% |
| 1977 | 490 ha | +14.2% |
| 1978 | 475 ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 375 ha | -21.1% |
| 1980 | 229 ha | -38.9% |
| 1981 | 309 ha | +34.9% |
| 1982 | 330 ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 400 ha | +21.2% |
| 1984 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1985 | 750 ha | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 898 ha | +19.7% |
| 1987 | 795 ha | -11.5% |
| 1988 | 850 ha | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 798 ha | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 600 ha | -24.8% |
| 1992 | 400 ha | -33.3% |
| 1993 | 231 ha | -42.2% |
| 1994 | 150 ha | -35.1% |
| 1995 | 130 ha | -13.3% |
| 1996 | 136 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 133 ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 130 ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 129 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 90 ha | -30.2% |
| 2006 | 88 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 84 ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 80 ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 76 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 72 ha | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 68 ha | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 65 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 63 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 61 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 63 ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 65 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 63 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 62 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 64 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 64 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 63 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 64 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 64 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 63 ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 187 ha | 100 ha | 243 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 338.1 ha | 100 ha | 490 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 601.1 ha | 229 ha | 898 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 283.8 ha | 130 ha | 798 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 106.7 ha | 76 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.6 ha | 61 ha | 72 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.6 ha | 63 ha | 64 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in New Zealand was 63 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 898 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 61 ha in 2014.
- How does New Zealand rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 45th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested. 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.