Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 1,688 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in New Zealand stood at 1,688 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 2,702 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 490 ha, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 72nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 490 ha | — |
| 1962 | 610 ha | +24.5% |
| 1963 | 770 ha | +26.2% |
| 1964 | 800 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 810 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 727 ha | -10.2% |
| 1967 | 768 ha | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 810 ha | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 1,070 ha | +32.1% |
| 1970 | 1,047 ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 884 ha | -15.6% |
| 1972 | 924 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 1,068 ha | +15.6% |
| 1974 | 1,156 ha | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 1,071 ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 1,085 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 1,113 ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 1,210 ha | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 1,190 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 1,175 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 910 ha | -22.6% |
| 1982 | 997 ha | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 950 ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 946 ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 1,096 ha | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 1,184 ha | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 1,245 ha | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 1,300 ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 1,221 ha | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 1,175 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 1,368 ha | +16.4% |
| 1995 | 2,403 ha | +75.7% |
| 1996 | 2,702 ha | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 1,300 ha | -51.9% |
| 1998 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1999 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2000 | 2,460 ha | +23.0% |
| 2001 | 2,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 1,831 ha | -26.8% |
| 2003 | 1,936 ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 1,648 ha | -14.9% |
| 2005 | 1,400 ha | -15.0% |
| 2006 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 1,320 ha | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 1,655 ha | +25.4% |
| 2009 | 1,481 ha | -10.5% |
| 2010 | 1,614 ha | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 1,396 ha | -13.5% |
| 2012 | 2,047 ha | +46.6% |
| 2013 | 1,703 ha | -16.8% |
| 2014 | 1,638 ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 1,708 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 1,758 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 1,851 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 1,772 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 1,712 ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 1,688 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 1,700 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,686 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,687 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,688 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 761.67 ha | 490 ha | 1,070 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,075 ha | 884 ha | 1,210 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,026 ha | 910 ha | 1,184 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,621 ha | 1,175 ha | 2,702 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,768 ha | 1,320 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,720 ha | 1,396 ha | 2,047 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,690 ha | 1,686 ha | 1,700 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in New Zealand was 1,688 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2,702 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 490 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 72nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.