Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in New Zealand
New Zealand: Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production was 17,105 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in New Zealand stood at 17,105 t.
The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in New Zealand peaked at 41,792 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 500 t, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 21st of 62 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.
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 t | — |
| 1962 | 800 t | +60.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 t | +100.0% |
| 1965 | 3,500 t | +75.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 t | -14.3% |
| 1967 | 3,200 t | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 3,860 t | +20.6% |
| 1969 | 3,242 t | -16.0% |
| 1970 | 3,689 t | +13.8% |
| 1971 | 4,359 t | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 4,384 t | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 6,000 t | +36.9% |
| 1974 | 4,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 3,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 3,200 t | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 3,700 t | +15.6% |
| 1978 | 3,000 t | -18.9% |
| 1979 | 2,500 t | -16.7% |
| 1980 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,438 t | -42.5% |
| 1983 | 2,200 t | +53.0% |
| 1984 | 2,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,800 t | +27.3% |
| 1986 | 3,200 t | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 4,080 t | +27.5% |
| 1988 | 4,500 t | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 4,394 t | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 5,560 t | +26.5% |
| 1991 | 10,240 t | +84.2% |
| 1992 | 22,700 t | +121.7% |
| 1993 | 18,400 t | -18.9% |
| 1994 | 22,000 t | +19.6% |
| 1995 | 22,100 t | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 17,900 t | -19.0% |
| 1997 | 17,400 t | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 21,900 t | +25.9% |
| 1999 | 26,250 t | +19.9% |
| 2000 | 21,767 t | -17.1% |
| 2001 | 23,760 t | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 25,580 t | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 29,466 t | +15.2% |
| 2004 | 36,721 t | +24.6% |
| 2005 | 41,792 t | +13.8% |
| 2006 | 38,647 t | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 32,903 t | -14.9% |
| 2008 | 32,318 t | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 27,207 t | -15.8% |
| 2010 | 21,261 t | -21.9% |
| 2011 | 22,920 t | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 22,900 t | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 23,712 t | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 24,150 t | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 22,463 t | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 23,442 t | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 22,704 t | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 22,067 t | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 22,366 t | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 21,415 t | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 21,423 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 20,188 t | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 18,795 t | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 17,105 t | -9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,345 t | 500 t | 3,860 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,783 t | 2,500 t | 6,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,981 t | 1,438 t | 4,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,445 t | 5,560 t | 26,250 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,016 t | 21,767 t | 41,792 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,798 t | 21,261 t | 24,150 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,785 t | 17,105 t | 21,423 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 18 Mali 26,917 t compare
- 19 Belgium-Luxembourg 25,776 t compare
- 20 Central African Republic 24,232 t compare
- 21 Australia and New Zealand 17,105 t compare
- 23 Rwanda 17,036 t compare
- 24 Sweden 16,062 t 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 game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in New Zealand?
- Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in New Zealand was 17,105 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 41,792 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 t in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production?
- New Zealand ranks 21st out of 62 countries with data for 2024.
- Is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. 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 Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.