Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 9,482 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — yield in New Zealand stood at 9,482 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in New Zealand peaked at 22,719 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 5,554 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places New Zealand 76th out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,844 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,073 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1963 | 12,261 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 11,090 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1965 | 10,887 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 9,249 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1967 | 8,348 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1968 | 11,526 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1969 | 7,070 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 1970 | 9,525 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1971 | 7,993 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1972 | 8,596 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 7,303 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1974 | 8,923 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1975 | 9,108 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 9,580 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 9,377 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 11,380 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1979 | 11,454 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 14,303 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1981 | 12,471 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1982 | 10,900 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1983 | 12,031 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 11,244 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 11,158 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 11,701 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 12,343 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 8,237 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1989 | 17,030 kg/ha | +106.7% |
| 1990 | 13,656 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1991 | 13,195 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 12,083 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 19,079 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 1994 | 22,719 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1995 | 20,359 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1996 | 16,302 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1997 | 13,582 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 10,638 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1999 | 10,941 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 8,226 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 2001 | 10,301 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2002 | 11,412 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2003 | 10,401 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 10,574 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 11,817 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 12,074 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 12,163 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 11,900 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 11,945 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 11,947 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11,599 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 11,789 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 11,726 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 11,438 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 9,624 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2016 | 5,554 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 2017 | 8,795 kg/ha | +58.3% |
| 2018 | 6,191 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2019 | 8,855 kg/ha | +43.0% |
| 2020 | 9,122 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 9,285 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 9,464 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 9,451 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 9,482 kg/ha | +0.3% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 9,482 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,826 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 9,482 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11,632 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +106.7% | 8,237 kg/ha | 17,030 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,372 kg/ha | 7,070 kg/ha | 13,073 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,324 kg/ha | 7,303 kg/ha | 11,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,142 kg/ha | 8,237 kg/ha | 17,030 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,255 kg/ha | 10,638 kg/ha | 22,719 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,081 kg/ha | 8,226 kg/ha | 12,163 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,752 kg/ha | 5,554 kg/ha | 11,947 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,361 kg/ha | 9,122 kg/ha | 9,482 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
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- 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)
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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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — yield in New Zealand?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in New Zealand was 9,482 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 22,719 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,554 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does New Zealand rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 76th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 — 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.