Carrots and turnips — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 45,885 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — yield in New Zealand is 45,885 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in New Zealand peaked at 46,429 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 27,035 kg/ha, in 1978.
New Zealand ranks 22nd of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,020 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 30,390 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 30,500 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 37,284 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1966 | 32,911 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1967 | 32,086 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 31,252 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 30,708 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 32,522 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 30,196 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1972 | 31,605 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 31,869 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 34,908 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1975 | 34,267 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 32,552 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 30,132 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 27,035 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1979 | 28,460 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 29,875 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 31,090 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 30,331 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 30,000 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 31,000 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 32,632 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 33,827 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 34,000 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 36,496 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1989 | 38,007 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 40,161 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 39,231 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 31,040 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1993 | 31,234 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 32,164 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 33,791 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 33,383 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 38,462 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1998 | 40,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 35,000 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 31,301 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2001 | 31,301 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 31,301 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 33,574 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 39,433 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2005 | 46,429 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2006 | 44,828 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 44,028 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 39,872 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 40,927 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 41,744 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 42,560 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 43,377 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 44,194 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 44,392 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 43,629 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 43,417 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 43,861 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 44,323 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 44,805 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 45,323 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 45,565 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 45,450 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 45,668 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 45,885 kg/ha | +0.5% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 45,885 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 35,062 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 45,885 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26,702 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,794 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha | 37,284 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,355 kg/ha | 27,035 kg/ha | 34,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,726 kg/ha | 29,875 kg/ha | 38,007 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,446 kg/ha | 31,040 kg/ha | 40,161 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,299 kg/ha | 31,301 kg/ha | 46,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,630 kg/ha | 41,744 kg/ha | 44,805 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,578 kg/ha | 45,323 kg/ha | 45,885 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in New Zealand?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in New Zealand was 45,885 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 46,429 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,035 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does New Zealand rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 22nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Yield. 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.