Carrots and turnips — Production in New Zealand
New Zealand: Carrots and turnips — Production was 77,451 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Production in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 77,451 t for carrots and turnips — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — production in New Zealand peaked at 90,200 t in 1996 and was at its lowest, 15,200 t, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 53rd 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 — Production in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 18,300 t | +20.4% |
| 1963 | 23,400 t | +27.9% |
| 1964 | 24,400 t | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 30,200 t | +23.8% |
| 1966 | 23,926 t | -20.8% |
| 1967 | 24,642 t | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 25,314 t | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 32,857 t | +29.8% |
| 1970 | 34,051 t | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 26,693 t | -21.6% |
| 1972 | 29,203 t | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 34,036 t | +16.5% |
| 1974 | 40,354 t | +18.6% |
| 1975 | 36,700 t | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 35,319 t | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 33,537 t | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 32,712 t | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 33,868 t | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 35,103 t | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 28,292 t | -19.4% |
| 1982 | 30,240 t | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 30,000 t | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 31,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 31,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 32,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 34,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 40,000 t | +17.6% |
| 1989 | 45,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 50,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 51,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 37,900 t | -25.7% |
| 1993 | 36,700 t | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 44,000 t | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 81,200 t | +84.5% |
| 1996 | 90,200 t | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 50,000 t | -44.6% |
| 1998 | 60,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 70,000 t | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 77,000 t | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 78,252 t | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 57,312 t | -26.8% |
| 2003 | 65,000 t | +13.4% |
| 2004 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 58,117 t | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 65,975 t | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 60,613 t | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 67,360 t | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 59,414 t | -11.8% |
| 2012 | 88,793 t | +49.4% |
| 2013 | 75,241 t | -15.3% |
| 2014 | 72,714 t | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 74,536 t | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 76,307 t | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 81,186 t | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 78,533 t | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 76,698 t | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 76,489 t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 77,467 t | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 76,643 t | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 77,047 t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 77,451 t | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,249 t | 15,200 t | 32,857 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,647 t | 26,693 t | 40,354 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,664 t | 28,292 t | 45,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 57,100 t | 36,700 t | 90,200 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 65,727 t | 57,312 t | 78,252 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 75,078 t | 59,414 t | 88,793 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,019 t | 76,489 t | 77,467 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 50 China, Taiwan Province of 81,656 t compare
- 51 Republic of Korea 80,837 t compare
- 52 Denmark 80,380 t compare
- 54 Finland 76,090 t compare
- 55 Turkmenistan 73,255 t compare
- 56 Sri Lanka 73,210 t 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.01 (2023)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.01 (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — production in New Zealand?
- Carrots and turnips — production in New Zealand was 77,451 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 90,200 t in 1996.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,200 t in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for carrots and turnips — production?
- New Zealand ranks 53rd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — production rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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 — Production. 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.