Hop cones — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Hop cones — Area harvested was 376 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Hop cones — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for hop cones — area harvested in New Zealand is 376 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hop cones — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 381 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 140 ha, in 1986.
That places New Zealand 18th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Hop cones — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 201 ha | — |
| 1962 | 185 ha | -8.0% |
| 1963 | 181 ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 214 ha | +18.2% |
| 1965 | 231 ha | +7.9% |
| 1966 | 235 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 233 ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 214 ha | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 249 ha | +16.4% |
| 1970 | 249 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 246 ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 247 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 249 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 251 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 251 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 191 ha | -23.9% |
| 1977 | 183 ha | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 200 ha | +9.3% |
| 1979 | 156 ha | -22.0% |
| 1980 | 156 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 185 ha | +18.6% |
| 1982 | 202 ha | +9.2% |
| 1983 | 142 ha | -29.7% |
| 1984 | 178 ha | +25.4% |
| 1985 | 145 ha | -18.5% |
| 1986 | 140 ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 147 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 141 ha | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 157 ha | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 170 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 160 ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 150 ha | -11.8% |
| 1994 | 266 ha | +77.3% |
| 1995 | 312 ha | +17.3% |
| 1996 | 350 ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 330 ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 254 ha | -23.0% |
| 2008 | 330 ha | +29.9% |
| 2009 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 349 ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 345 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 333 ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 334 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 344 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 348 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 354 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 364 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 373 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 381 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 373 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 376 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 376 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 375 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 376 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 215.89 ha | 181 ha | 249 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 222.3 ha | 156 ha | 251 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 159.3 ha | 140 ha | 202 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 262.8 ha | 150 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 330.4 ha | 254 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 352.5 ha | 333 ha | 381 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 375.2 ha | 373 ha | 376 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is hop cones — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Hop cones — area harvested in New Zealand was 376 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hop cones — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 381 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest hop cones — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 140 ha in 1986.
- How does New Zealand rank for hop cones — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 18th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is hop cones — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 Hop cones — Area harvested. 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.