Currants — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Currants — Area harvested was 632 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Currants — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for currants — area harvested in New Zealand is 632 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, currants — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 1,678 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 24 ha, in 1962.
New Zealand ranks 14th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Currants — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24 ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 26 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 32 ha | +23.1% |
| 1965 | 40 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 38 ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 36 ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 42 ha | +16.7% |
| 1969 | 45 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 62 ha | +24.0% |
| 1972 | 81 ha | +30.6% |
| 1973 | 90 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 149 ha | +65.6% |
| 1975 | 168 ha | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 177 ha | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 188 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 313 ha | +66.5% |
| 1979 | 751 ha | +139.9% |
| 1980 | 1,370 ha | +82.4% |
| 1981 | 1,454 ha | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 1,678 ha | +15.4% |
| 1983 | 1,302 ha | -22.4% |
| 1984 | 1,406 ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | -28.9% |
| 1986 | 704 ha | -29.6% |
| 1987 | 676 ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 660 ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 623 ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 703 ha | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 750 ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 778 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 795 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 720 ha | -9.4% |
| 1995 | 714 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 614 ha | -14.0% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | -18.6% |
| 1998 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 834 ha | +39.0% |
| 2001 | 1,071 ha | +28.4% |
| 2002 | 1,308 ha | +22.1% |
| 2003 | 1,052 ha | -19.6% |
| 2004 | 1,400 ha | +33.1% |
| 2005 | 1,311 ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 1,400 ha | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 1,155 ha | -17.5% |
| 2008 | 1,270 ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 1,268 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,319 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 1,256 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 1,408 ha | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 1,314 ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 1,265 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 1,243 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 1,193 ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 1,158 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 961 ha | -17.0% |
| 2019 | 796 ha | -17.2% |
| 2020 | 586 ha | -26.4% |
| 2021 | 586 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 632 ha | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 632 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 632 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.22 ha | 24 ha | 45 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 202.9 ha | 50 ha | 751 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,087 ha | 623 ha | 1,678 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 677.4 ha | 500 ha | 795 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,207 ha | 834 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,191 ha | 796 ha | 1,408 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 613.6 ha | 586 ha | 632 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 11 Latvia 1,400 ha compare
- 12 Hungary 850 ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 748 ha compare
- 15 Czechia 560 ha compare
- 16 Azerbaijan 535 ha compare
- 17 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 530 ha compare
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.01 (2023)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.01 (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is currants — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Currants — area harvested in New Zealand was 632 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest currants — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,678 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest currants — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 ha in 1962.
- How does New Zealand rank for currants — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 14th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is currants — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Currants — 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.