Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per capita in New Zealand
New Zealand: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0003 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per capita in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 0.0003 ha per person for carrots and turnips — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested, per capita in New Zealand peaked at 0.0007 ha per person in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 ha per person, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 25th out of 117 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per capita in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0002 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0002 ha per person | +21.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0003 ha per person | +23.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0003 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0003 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0003 ha per person | -11.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0003 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0003 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0004 ha per person | +30.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0004 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0003 ha per person | -16.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0003 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0004 ha per person | +13.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0004 ha per person | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0003 ha per person | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0003 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0004 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0004 ha per person | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0003 ha per person | -22.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0003 ha per person | +8.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0003 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0003 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0003 ha per person | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0003 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0003 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0003 ha per person | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0004 ha per person | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0004 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0004 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0003 ha per person | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0003 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0004 ha per person | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0007 ha per person | +73.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0007 ha per person | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0003 ha per person | -52.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0004 ha per person | +14.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0005 ha per person | +32.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0006 ha per person | +22.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0006 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0005 ha per person | -28.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0005 ha per person | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0004 ha per person | -16.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0003 ha per person | -16.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0003 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0003 ha per person | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0004 ha per person | +24.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0003 ha per person | -11.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0004 ha per person | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0003 ha per person | -14.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0005 ha per person | +45.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0004 ha per person | -17.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0004 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0004 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0004 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0004 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0004 ha per person | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0003 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0003 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0003 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0003 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0003 ha per person | -1.6% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.0003 ha per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0002 ha per person, 1.9× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.0003 ha per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0002 ha per person, 2.0× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +73.1% | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
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 carrots and turnips — area harvested, per capita in New Zealand?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested, per capita in New Zealand was 0.0003 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested, per capita recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0007 ha per person in 1996.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested, per capita recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 ha per person in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested, per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 25th out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Carrots and turnips — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.