Cabbages — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cabbages — Yield was 77,380 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cabbages — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cabbages — yield in New Zealand stood at 77,380 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — yield in New Zealand peaked at 77,380 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20,476 kg/ha, in 1968.
New Zealand ranks 1st of 148 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,214 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,151 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 21,372 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1964 | 21,250 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 22,311 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 23,594 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 20,912 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1968 | 20,476 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 21,679 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 23,311 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 23,958 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 24,089 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 25,139 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 20,994 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1975 | 22,813 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 23,795 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 21,480 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1978 | 22,253 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 21,957 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 24,337 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 24,524 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 24,145 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 22,612 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1984 | 25,000 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1985 | 22,143 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 26,250 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1987 | 28,141 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 30,392 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 32,620 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 34,347 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 35,000 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 27,213 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1993 | 22,449 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1994 | 22,812 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 25,000 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 24,725 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 30,521 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1998 | 37,500 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1999 | 35,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 38,136 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 38,136 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 38,432 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 33,385 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2004 | 44,304 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 2005 | 49,505 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 57,333 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 57,292 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 57,994 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 57,224 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 58,918 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 60,219 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 61,521 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 62,823 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 64,284 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 66,481 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 68,342 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 69,906 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 71,297 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 72,695 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 74,028 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 75,958 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 75,481 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 76,431 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 77,380 kg/ha | +1.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 77,380 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 26,899 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 77,380 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 24,597 kg/ha, 3.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — Yield in New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +32.7% | 33,385 kg/ha | 44,304 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,107 kg/ha | 20,476 kg/ha | 24,151 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,979 kg/ha | 20,994 kg/ha | 25,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,016 kg/ha | 22,143 kg/ha | 32,620 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,457 kg/ha | 22,449 kg/ha | 37,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,174 kg/ha | 33,385 kg/ha | 57,994 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,649 kg/ha | 58,918 kg/ha | 72,695 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,856 kg/ha | 74,028 kg/ha | 77,380 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 1 Türkiye 42,393 kg/ha compare
- 2 Guyana 74,643 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 41,259 kg/ha compare
- 3 Republic of Korea 66,538 kg/ha compare
- 4 Estonia 60,188 kg/ha compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 31,904 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 cabbages — yield in New Zealand?
- Cabbages — yield in New Zealand was 77,380 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 77,380 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cabbages — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,476 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does New Zealand rank for cabbages — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. 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 Cabbages — 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.