Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 2,629 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in New Zealand is 2,629 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.9% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 3,313 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 912 ha, in 1986.
That places New Zealand 31st out of 97 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.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,210 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,250 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 1,540 ha | +23.2% |
| 1964 | 1,700 ha | +10.4% |
| 1965 | 1,420 ha | -16.5% |
| 1966 | 1,193 ha | -16.0% |
| 1967 | 1,228 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 1,238 ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 1,306 ha | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 1,315 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 1,180 ha | -10.3% |
| 1972 | 1,154 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 1,223 ha | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 1,356 ha | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 1,199 ha | -11.6% |
| 1976 | 1,201 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 1,165 ha | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 1,384 ha | +18.8% |
| 1979 | 1,295 ha | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 1,365 ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 1,326 ha | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 954 ha | -28.1% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 912 ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 1,044 ha | +14.5% |
| 1988 | 1,094 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 1,053 ha | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 1,073 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 2,236 ha | +103.3% |
| 1993 | 2,567 ha | +14.8% |
| 1994 | 2,370 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 2,769 ha | +16.8% |
| 1996 | 1,421 ha | -48.7% |
| 1997 | 1,400 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3,181 ha | +127.2% |
| 2001 | 1,400 ha | -56.0% |
| 2002 | 2,955 ha | +111.1% |
| 2003 | 3,083 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 1,250 ha | -59.5% |
| 2005 | 2,696 ha | +115.7% |
| 2006 | 2,515 ha | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 3,107 ha | +23.5% |
| 2008 | 2,611 ha | -16.0% |
| 2009 | 2,895 ha | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 2,784 ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 2,986 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 2,829 ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 2,797 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 2,778 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,899 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 2,960 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 2,828 ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 3,044 ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 3,313 ha | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 2,929 ha | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 2,929 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,393 ha | -18.3% |
| 2023 | 2,393 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,629 ha | +9.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,343 ha | 1,193 ha | 1,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,247 ha | 1,154 ha | 1,384 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,075 ha | 912 ha | 1,365 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,774 ha | 1,073 ha | 2,769 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,569 ha | 1,250 ha | 3,181 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,922 ha | 2,778 ha | 3,313 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,655 ha | 2,393 ha | 2,929 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in New Zealand was 2,629 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 3,313 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 912 ha in 1986.
- How does New Zealand rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 31st out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested. 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.