Cherries — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cherries — Yield was 3,345 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cherries — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 3,345 kg/ha for cherries — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — yield in New Zealand peaked at 8,076 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 878.5 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places New Zealand 48th out of 70 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cherries — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,076 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,667 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1963 | 6,500 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 6,406 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 6,250 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 6,869 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1967 | 6,557 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 6,515 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 6,348 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 7,562 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1971 | 5,642 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1972 | 4,628 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1973 | 5,510 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1974 | 5,484 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 5,071 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 5,101 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 3,636 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1978 | 4,527 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1979 | 4,643 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 4,500 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 5,852 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1982 | 4,555 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1983 | 4,500 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 4,571 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 4,830 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 4,737 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 4,825 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 4,633 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 6,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 7,922 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1992 | 4,265 kg/ha | -46.2% |
| 1993 | 5,311 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1994 | 5,474 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 5,666 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 4,596 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1997 | 4,067 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 3,375 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1999 | 1,500 kg/ha | -55.6% |
| 2000 | 878.5 kg/ha | -41.4% |
| 2001 | 1,381 kg/ha | +57.2% |
| 2002 | 1,153 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2003 | 2,144 kg/ha | +86.0% |
| 2004 | 3,667 kg/ha | +71.0% |
| 2005 | 3,050 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2006 | 3,000 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 3,654 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2008 | 3,084 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2009 | 3,099 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 2,900 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 3,090 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 3,334 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 3,410 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 3,407 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 3,398 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 3,214 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 3,219 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 3,127 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 3,048 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 3,144 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 3,287 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 3,333 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 3,336 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 3,345 kg/ha | +0.3% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 3,345 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,218 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Yield in New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +86.0% | 1,153 kg/ha | 2,144 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +71.0% | 2,144 kg/ha | 3,667 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +57.2% | 878.5 kg/ha | 1,381 kg/ha |
| 1999 | -55.6% | 3,375 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,688 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 8,076 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,180 kg/ha | 3,636 kg/ha | 7,562 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,800 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 5,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,818 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 7,922 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,511 kg/ha | 878.5 kg/ha | 3,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,215 kg/ha | 2,900 kg/ha | 3,410 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,289 kg/ha | 3,144 kg/ha | 3,345 kg/ha | 5 |
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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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — yield in New Zealand?
- Cherries — yield in New Zealand was 3,345 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 8,076 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cherries — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 878.5 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does New Zealand rank for cherries — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 48th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cherries — Yield. 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.