Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 2,549 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 2,549 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 4,809 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 84th out of 156 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 546 ha | +9.2% |
| 1963 | 570 ha | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 620 ha | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 671 ha | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 690 ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 769 ha | +11.4% |
| 1968 | 721 ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 1,005 ha | +39.4% |
| 1970 | 1,108 ha | +10.2% |
| 1971 | 1,299 ha | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 1,315 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 1,538 ha | +17.0% |
| 1974 | 1,574 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 1,588 ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 1,847 ha | +16.3% |
| 1977 | 1,781 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 1,845 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 1,936 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 2,003 ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 2,526 ha | +26.1% |
| 1982 | 2,802 ha | +10.9% |
| 1983 | 2,826 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 3,015 ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 3,092 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 2,692 ha | -12.9% |
| 1987 | 2,714 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 2,686 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 2,204 ha | -17.9% |
| 1990 | 2,894 ha | +31.3% |
| 1991 | 2,980 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 2,539 ha | -14.8% |
| 1993 | 2,432 ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 2,579 ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 2,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 2,491 ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 2,520 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 2,543 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 2,550 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 2,781 ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 2,893 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 2,735 ha | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 2,687 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 2,748 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 2,405 ha | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 2,424 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 2,573 ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 2,740 ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 2,672 ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 2,622 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 2,701 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 2,660 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 2,659 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,772 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 3,028 ha | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 4,809 ha | +58.8% |
| 2017 | 2,583 ha | -46.3% |
| 2018 | 3,838 ha | +48.6% |
| 2019 | 2,691 ha | -29.9% |
| 2020 | 2,632 ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 2,651 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,599 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 2,605 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,549 ha | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 676.89 ha | 500 ha | 1,005 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,583 ha | 1,108 ha | 1,936 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,656 ha | 2,003 ha | 3,092 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,613 ha | 2,432 ha | 2,980 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,666 ha | 2,405 ha | 2,893 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,036 ha | 2,583 ha | 4,809 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,607 ha | 2,549 ha | 2,651 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in New Zealand was 2,549 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4,809 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 84th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.