Cereals, primary — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cereals, primary — Yield was 9,102 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 9,102 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in New Zealand peaked at 9,102 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,733 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places New Zealand 8th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,125 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,764 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1963 | 2,733 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 3,325 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1965 | 3,276 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 3,521 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 3,708 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 3,560 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 3,682 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 2,975 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1971 | 3,487 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 3,787 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 3,935 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 3,260 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1975 | 3,308 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 4,003 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1977 | 4,163 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 4,034 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 3,900 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 3,941 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 4,427 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1982 | 4,538 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 4,532 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 4,804 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 4,612 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 4,452 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 4,453 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,611 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 4,276 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 5,034 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1991 | 5,144 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 5,300 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 5,278 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 5,593 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 5,625 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 5,774 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 5,892 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 6,294 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 6,169 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 6,316 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 6,535 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 6,276 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 7,060 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 6,462 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 7,566 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2006 | 7,029 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 7,916 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2008 | 7,380 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 6,910 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 7,387 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 6,953 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 8,012 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 8,106 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 8,034 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 8,027 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 8,384 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 8,464 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 8,064 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 8,192 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 9,039 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 8,809 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 8,382 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 8,489 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 9,102 kg/ha | +7.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 9,102 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 9,102 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,779 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,299 kg/ha | 2,733 kg/ha | 3,708 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,685 kg/ha | 2,975 kg/ha | 4,163 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,465 kg/ha | 3,941 kg/ha | 4,804 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,610 kg/ha | 5,034 kg/ha | 6,294 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,945 kg/ha | 6,276 kg/ha | 7,916 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,962 kg/ha | 6,953 kg/ha | 8,464 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,764 kg/ha | 8,382 kg/ha | 9,102 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 3,660 kg/ha compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,610 kg/ha compare
- 6 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 11,650 kg/ha compare
- 7 Türkiye 3,429 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,134 kg/ha compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,725 kg/ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 2,406 kg/ha compare
- 10 Réunion 7,783 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bahamas 7,737 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,209 kg/ha compare
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- 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 cereals, primary — yield in New Zealand?
- Cereals, primary — yield in New Zealand was 9,102 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 9,102 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,733 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does New Zealand rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 8th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 — 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.