Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 2,569 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 2,569 ha for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 123.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 4,127 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 806 ha, in 1982.
New Zealand ranks 46th of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1967 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,320 ha | -49.2% |
| 1981 | 2,257 ha | +71.0% |
| 1982 | 806 ha | -64.3% |
| 1983 | 855 ha | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 1,368 ha | +60.0% |
| 1985 | 1,167 ha | -14.7% |
| 1986 | 1,553 ha | +33.1% |
| 1987 | 2,560 ha | +64.8% |
| 1988 | 2,178 ha | -14.9% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 2,295 ha | +14.8% |
| 1991 | 2,169 ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 1,726 ha | -20.4% |
| 1993 | 1,413 ha | -18.1% |
| 1994 | 1,580 ha | +11.8% |
| 1995 | 1,594 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 3,000 ha | +88.2% |
| 1997 | 2,739 ha | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 2,607 ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 3,500 ha | +34.3% |
| 2000 | 2,740 ha | -21.7% |
| 2001 | 2,715 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 2,587 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 2,400 ha | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 2,731 ha | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 1,700 ha | -37.8% |
| 2006 | 1,200 ha | -29.4% |
| 2007 | 2,267 ha | +88.9% |
| 2008 | 2,189 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 2,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 2,008 ha | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 1,727 ha | -14.0% |
| 2012 | 2,063 ha | +19.5% |
| 2013 | 1,518 ha | -26.4% |
| 2014 | 1,151 ha | -24.2% |
| 2015 | 1,435 ha | +24.7% |
| 2016 | 2,529 ha | +76.2% |
| 2017 | 4,127 ha | +63.2% |
| 2018 | 1,888 ha | -54.3% |
| 2019 | 2,848 ha | +50.8% |
| 2020 | 2,653 ha | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 2,463 ha | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 2,655 ha | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 2,590 ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 2,569 ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,133 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,380 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,606 ha | 806 ha | 2,560 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,262 ha | 1,413 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,273 ha | 1,200 ha | 2,740 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,129 ha | 1,151 ha | 4,127 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,586 ha | 2,463 ha | 2,655 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 43 Mongolia 3,345 ha compare
- 44 Uzbekistan 3,344 ha compare
- 45 Colombia 2,696 ha compare
- 46 Australia and New Zealand 2,569 ha compare
- 48 Zimbabwe 2,304 ha compare
- 49 Slovak Republic 2,170 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in New Zealand was 2,569 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4,127 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 806 ha in 1982.
- How does New Zealand rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 46th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 123.2%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — 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.