Eggs Primary — Laying in New Zealand
New Zealand: Eggs Primary — Laying was 3,992 1000 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Eggs Primary — Laying in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 3,992 1000 An for eggs primary — laying in 2024.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — laying in New Zealand peaked at 5,117 1000 An in 1975 and was at its lowest, 2,695 1000 An, in 1995.
New Zealand ranks 118th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,757 1000 An | 3,470 1000 An | 4,130 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,551 1000 An | 3,786 1000 An | 5,117 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,737 1000 An | 3,221 1000 An | 4,068 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,961 1000 An | 2,695 1000 An | 3,485 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,514 1000 An | 3,309 1000 An | 3,725 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,736 1000 An | 3,424 1000 An | 4,171 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,208 1000 An | 3,992 1000 An | 4,377 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- 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)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 16.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 852,066 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.28 billion current US$ (2023)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 0 t (1998)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs primary — laying in New Zealand?
- Eggs primary — laying in New Zealand was 3,992 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — laying recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 5,117 1000 An in 1975.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — laying recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,695 1000 An in 1995.
- How does New Zealand rank for eggs primary — laying?
- New Zealand ranks 118th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggs primary — laying rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. 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 Eggs Primary — Laying. 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.