Butter, Ghee — Food supply in New Zealand
New Zealand: Butter, Ghee — Food supply was 80.7 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Butter, Ghee — Food supply in New Zealand, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for butter, ghee — food supply in New Zealand is 80.7 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.2% on the previous year and down 64.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter, ghee — food supply in New Zealand peaked at 224.63 kcal/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 80.7 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
New Zealand ranks 21st of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Butter, Ghee — Food supply in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 147.81 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 178.58 kcal/cap/d | +20.8% |
| 2012 | 182.17 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 224.63 kcal/cap/d | +23.3% |
| 2014 | 182.93 kcal/cap/d | -18.6% |
| 2015 | 173.65 kcal/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 169.17 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 169.08 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 162.67 kcal/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 149.01 kcal/cap/d | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 201.6 kcal/cap/d | +35.3% |
| 2021 | 183.68 kcal/cap/d | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 115.66 kcal/cap/d | -37.0% |
| 2023 | 80.7 kcal/cap/d | -30.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 80.7 kcal/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 51.39 kcal/cap/d, 1.6× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 80.7 kcal/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10.74 kcal/cap/d, 7.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 173.97 kcal/cap/d | 147.81 kcal/cap/d | 224.63 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 145.41 kcal/cap/d | 80.7 kcal/cap/d | 201.6 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 18 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Czechia 88.94 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Azerbaijan 83.72 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 French Polynesia 82.04 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.11 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Cabo Verde 7.65 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Slovakia 78.98 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 Mongolia 78.75 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Australia and New Zealand 78.13 kcal/cap/d 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 butter, ghee — food supply in New Zealand?
- Butter, ghee — food supply in New Zealand was 80.7 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter, ghee — food supply recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 224.63 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest butter, ghee — food supply recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.7 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does New Zealand rank for butter, ghee — food supply?
- New Zealand ranks 21st out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter, ghee — food supply rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.1%. 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 Butter, Ghee — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.