Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 4,150 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in New Zealand stood at 4,150 ha.
That represents a change of up 25.0% on the previous year and down 62.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 11,128 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 550 ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 24th of 53 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.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 550 ha | — |
| 1962 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 570 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 752 ha | +31.9% |
| 1967 | 780 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 920 ha | +17.9% |
| 1969 | 977 ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 1,341 ha | +37.3% |
| 1971 | 1,519 ha | +13.3% |
| 1972 | 1,476 ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 1,926 ha | +30.5% |
| 1974 | 2,362 ha | +22.6% |
| 1975 | 2,368 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 1,617 ha | -31.7% |
| 1977 | 2,270 ha | +40.4% |
| 1978 | 2,957 ha | +30.3% |
| 1979 | 2,816 ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 2,530 ha | -10.2% |
| 1981 | 2,829 ha | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 2,404 ha | -15.0% |
| 1983 | 2,200 ha | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 1,900 ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 1,770 ha | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 2,074 ha | +17.2% |
| 1988 | 2,533 ha | +22.1% |
| 1989 | 2,361 ha | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 2,898 ha | +22.7% |
| 1991 | 3,200 ha | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 3,485 ha | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 3,655 ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 5,000 ha | +36.8% |
| 1995 | 7,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1996 | 7,168 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 7,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 7,077 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 6,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 7,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 6,982 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 6,666 ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 6,738 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 6,833 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 7,115 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 7,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 6,210 ha | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 6,200 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 10,465 ha | +68.8% |
| 2010 | 6,827 ha | -34.8% |
| 2011 | 9,228 ha | +35.2% |
| 2012 | 9,482 ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 9,290 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 11,128 ha | +19.8% |
| 2015 | 9,070 ha | -18.5% |
| 2016 | 6,640 ha | -26.8% |
| 2017 | 3,871 ha | -41.7% |
| 2018 | 3,809 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 3,760 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 3,323 ha | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 3,323 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3,320 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4,150 ha | +25.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 688.78 ha | 550 ha | 977 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,065 ha | 1,341 ha | 2,957 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,260 ha | 1,770 ha | 2,829 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,338 ha | 2,898 ha | 7,168 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,141 ha | 6,200 ha | 10,465 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,310 ha | 3,760 ha | 11,128 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,487 ha | 3,320 ha | 4,150 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in New Zealand was 4,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 11,128 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 550 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 24th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.7%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.