Flax, raw or retted — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Flax, raw or retted — Yield was 1,125 kg/ha in 1980. ▲ Rising
Flax, raw or retted — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–1980
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 1,125 kg/ha for flax, raw or retted — yield in 1980.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — yield in New Zealand peaked at 1,678 kg/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 764.3 kg/ha, in 1962.
New Zealand ranks 16th of 38 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,043 kg/ha | 764.3 kg/ha | 1,678 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,045 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,090 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,125 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,465 kg/ha
- 14 Slovakia 1,306 kg/ha
- 15 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,258 kg/ha compare
- 17 Chile 1,069 kg/ha compare
- 18 Belarus 1,049 kg/ha
- 19 Sweden 962.3 kg/ha compare
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 flax, raw or retted — yield in New Zealand?
- Flax, raw or retted — yield in New Zealand was 1,125 kg/ha in 1980, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,678 kg/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 764.3 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does New Zealand rank for flax, raw or retted — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 16th out of 38 countries with data for 1980.
- Is flax, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. 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 Flax, raw or retted — Yield. 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.