Fruit Primary — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Fruit Primary — Yield was 23,374 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — yield in New Zealand is 23,374 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.7% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in New Zealand peaked at 25,892 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11,720 kg/ha, in 1983.
New Zealand ranks 17th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,745 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,726 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1963 | 18,692 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 21,179 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 19,789 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 21,644 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 19,987 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 20,857 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 19,257 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 20,838 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 18,214 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1972 | 18,985 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 18,347 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 18,390 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 17,845 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 18,687 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 16,242 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1978 | 17,128 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 15,661 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1980 | 14,231 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 14,382 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 12,831 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1983 | 11,720 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 12,193 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 13,050 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 15,237 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1987 | 15,958 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 15,776 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 17,125 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 17,889 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 17,961 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 20,485 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 19,297 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 19,720 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 20,808 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 21,411 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 22,432 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 22,353 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 22,024 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 20,995 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 20,077 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 18,925 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 16,451 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2004 | 21,689 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 2005 | 18,464 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2006 | 17,544 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 17,347 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 19,384 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 17,799 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 18,456 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 18,954 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 17,388 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 18,686 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 22,244 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2015 | 21,196 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 18,021 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2017 | 21,129 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2018 | 21,301 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 22,784 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 23,951 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 23,568 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 25,624 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 25,892 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 23,374 kg/ha | -9.7% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 23,374 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,164 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 23,374 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9,443 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,764 kg/ha | 16,745 kg/ha | 21,644 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,034 kg/ha | 15,661 kg/ha | 20,838 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,250 kg/ha | 11,720 kg/ha | 17,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,438 kg/ha | 17,889 kg/ha | 22,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,867 kg/ha | 16,451 kg/ha | 21,689 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,016 kg/ha | 17,388 kg/ha | 22,784 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,482 kg/ha | 23,374 kg/ha | 25,892 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 14 South Africa 24,932 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 7,007 kg/ha compare
- 15 Albania 24,279 kg/ha compare
- 15 Cabo Verde 13,202 kg/ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 6,788 kg/ha compare
- 16 Puerto Rico 24,028 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 6,332 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,901 kg/ha compare
- 18 Ecuador 23,198 kg/ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 4,532 kg/ha compare
- 19 Israel 22,740 kg/ha compare
- 19 Polynesia 4,381 kg/ha compare
- 20 Angola 22,698 kg/ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,452 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- 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)
- 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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — yield in New Zealand?
- Fruit primary — yield in New Zealand was 23,374 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 25,892 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,720 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does New Zealand rank for fruit primary — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 17th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.