Green corn (maize) — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 5,364 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Green corn (maize) — 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 green corn (maize) — yield in New Zealand is 5,364 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in New Zealand peaked at 17,812 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 5,364 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places New Zealand 36th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,546 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14,210 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 11,469 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1967 | 13,462 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1968 | 14,490 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 14,812 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 14,026 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 14,628 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 15,583 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 13,557 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1974 | 13,901 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 13,438 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 11,862 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1977 | 12,576 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 13,656 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 12,992 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 14,911 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1981 | 12,876 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1982 | 14,409 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1983 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 15,000 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 15,263 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 15,819 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 16,393 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 16,581 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 17,366 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 17,598 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 17,812 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 13,745 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1993 | 13,023 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 14,140 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 15,086 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 14,286 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 14,130 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 13,768 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 14,429 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 14,323 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 14,044 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 13,742 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 13,371 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 13,563 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 13,889 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 14,493 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 13,710 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 8,600 kg/ha | -37.3% |
| 2010 | 8,046 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 6,556 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 8,437 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2013 | 9,704 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 8,435 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2015 | 7,914 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 7,417 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 6,883 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 6,548 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 6,286 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 6,115 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 6,132 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 5,843 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 5,603 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 5,364 kg/ha | -4.3% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 5,364 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,198 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 5,364 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,473 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,069 kg/ha | 11,469 kg/ha | 14,812 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,622 kg/ha | 11,862 kg/ha | 15,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,316 kg/ha | 12,876 kg/ha | 17,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,787 kg/ha | 13,023 kg/ha | 17,812 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,416 kg/ha | 8,600 kg/ha | 14,493 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,623 kg/ha | 6,286 kg/ha | 9,704 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,812 kg/ha | 5,364 kg/ha | 6,132 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — yield in New Zealand?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in New Zealand was 5,364 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 17,812 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,364 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does New Zealand rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 36th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. 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 Green corn (maize) — Yield. 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.