Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 7,804 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in New Zealand is 7,804 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 16,208 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 213 ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 68th of 133 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.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 213 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,263 ha | +7065.7% |
| 1963 | 16,203 ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 16,208 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 16,115 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 16,180 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 16,170 ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 16,150 ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 16,200 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 16,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 16,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14,200 ha | -12.3% |
| 1973 | 14,210 ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 14,210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12,210 ha | -14.1% |
| 1976 | 12,210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,205 ha | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 12,216 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 10,156 ha | -16.9% |
| 1980 | 10,008 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | -20.1% |
| 1982 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1984 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,822 ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 3,101 ha | -18.9% |
| 1992 | 4,300 ha | +38.7% |
| 1993 | 4,133 ha | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 4,500 ha | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 4,907 ha | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 5,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 5,710 ha | +14.2% |
| 1998 | 5,500 ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 5,996 ha | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 6,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 6,035 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 6,200 ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 6,089 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 6,030 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 6,193 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 6,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6,203 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6,846 ha | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 6,818 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 6,944 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 7,069 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 7,193 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 7,241 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 7,359 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 7,495 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 7,660 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 7,430 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 7,249 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 7,149 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 7,601 ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 7,704 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 7,754 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 7,804 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,300 ha | 213 ha | 16,208 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,402 ha | 10,156 ha | 16,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,001 ha | 4,000 ha | 10,008 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,697 ha | 3,101 ha | 5,996 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,200 ha | 6,000 ha | 6,846 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,246 ha | 6,818 ha | 7,660 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,602 ha | 7,149 ha | 7,804 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in New Zealand was 7,804 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 16,208 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 213 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 68th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.