Cereals, primary — Production in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cereals, primary — Production was 1.10 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — production in New Zealand is 1.10 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.7% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in New Zealand peaked at 1.19 million t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 347,057 t, in 1962.
New Zealand ranks 103rd of 178 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, primary — Production in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 388,705 t | — |
| 1962 | 347,057 t | -10.7% |
| 1963 | 383,614 t | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 456,916 t | +19.1% |
| 1965 | 430,035 t | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 478,741 t | +11.3% |
| 1967 | 538,443 t | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 752,326 t | +39.7% |
| 1969 | 804,506 t | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 581,979 t | -27.7% |
| 1971 | 749,876 t | +28.8% |
| 1972 | 893,829 t | +19.2% |
| 1973 | 833,844 t | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 622,692 t | -25.3% |
| 1975 | 675,573 t | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 919,962 t | +36.2% |
| 1977 | 909,547 t | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 828,522 t | -8.9% |
| 1979 | 810,855 t | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 755,828 t | -6.8% |
| 1981 | 799,797 t | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 881,870 t | +10.3% |
| 1983 | 872,190 t | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 1.12 million t | +28.2% |
| 1985 | 1.18 million t | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 1.19 million t | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 1.00 million t | -15.8% |
| 1988 | 769,347 t | -23.1% |
| 1989 | 671,430 t | -12.7% |
| 1990 | 869,904 t | +29.6% |
| 1991 | 809,022 t | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 736,193 t | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 803,099 t | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 843,015 t | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 752,049 t | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 904,022 t | +20.2% |
| 1997 | 980,100 t | +8.4% |
| 1998 | 869,300 t | -11.3% |
| 1999 | 872,700 t | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 855,511 t | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 940,393 t | +9.9% |
| 2002 | 939,377 t | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 944,472 t | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 763,040 t | -19.2% |
| 2005 | 871,437 t | +14.2% |
| 2006 | 788,645 t | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 926,928 t | +17.5% |
| 2008 | 999,287 t | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 1.12 million t | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 1.00 million t | -10.9% |
| 2011 | 999,389 t | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.17 million t | +16.9% |
| 2013 | 1.10 million t | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 1.10 million t | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.11 million t | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.10 million t | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 936,995 t | -14.5% |
| 2018 | 977,781 t | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 1.02 million t | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 1.02 million t | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 996,843 t | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 968,265 t | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 987,124 t | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 1.10 million t | +11.7% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 1.10 million t is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.60 million t, 69% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 1.10 million t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.75 million t, 16% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 508,927 t | 347,057 t | 804,506 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 782,668 t | 581,979 t | 919,962 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 924,061 t | 671,430 t | 1.19 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 843,940 t | 736,193 t | 980,100 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 915,337 t | 763,040 t | 1.12 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 million t | 936,995 t | 1.17 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 million t | 968,265 t | 1.10 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 100 Norway 1.18 million t compare
- 101 Saudi Arabia 1.17 million t compare
- 102 Guyana 1.12 million t compare
- 104 Dominican Republic 1.05 million t compare
- 105 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.04 million t compare
- 106 Portugal 1.02 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1262 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.76 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in New Zealand?
- Cereals, primary — production in New Zealand was 1.10 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 million t in 1986.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 347,057 t in 1962.
- How does New Zealand rank for cereals, primary — production?
- New Zealand ranks 103rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.