Hop cones — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Hop cones — Yield was 2,481 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Hop cones — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 2,481 kg/ha for hop cones — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hop cones — yield in New Zealand peaked at 4,000 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,050 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places New Zealand 4th out of 39 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Hop cones — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,851 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,178 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1963 | 1,663 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1964 | 1,402 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1965 | 2,035 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 1966 | 2,068 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 2,026 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 1,710 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 2,116 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1970 | 1,868 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1971 | 1,935 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 1,676 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1973 | 1,398 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1974 | 1,857 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1975 | 1,530 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1976 | 1,691 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 1,120 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 1978 | 1,050 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 1,660 kg/ha | +58.1% |
| 1980 | 1,801 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1981 | 1,638 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 1,822 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1983 | 3,141 kg/ha | +72.4% |
| 1984 | 2,466 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1985 | 2,483 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 2,857 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1987 | 2,721 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 2,922 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 2,815 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 2,765 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 2,844 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 3,459 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1993 | 4,000 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1994 | 2,444 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 1995 | 2,244 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 2,380 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 2,380 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,831 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1999 | 1,831 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,114 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2001 | 2,371 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 2,069 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2003 | 2,529 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2004 | 2,364 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 2,394 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 2,597 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 3,150 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 2,424 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2009 | 2,424 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,378 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 2,464 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 2,521 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 2,533 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,497 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 2,504 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,500 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,452 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 2,414 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,386 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 2,458 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 2,480 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 2,468 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,496 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 2,481 kg/ha | -0.6% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 2,481 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,714 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,894 kg/ha | 1,402 kg/ha | 2,178 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,578 kg/ha | 1,050 kg/ha | 1,935 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,467 kg/ha | 1,638 kg/ha | 3,141 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,618 kg/ha | 1,831 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,444 kg/ha | 2,069 kg/ha | 3,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,465 kg/ha | 2,378 kg/ha | 2,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,477 kg/ha | 2,458 kg/ha | 2,496 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 1 Republic of Korea 4,000 kg/ha compare
- 2 China 2,932 kg/ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2,932 kg/ha compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 419.2 kg/ha compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 2,426 kg/ha compare
- 6 Australia 2,347 kg/ha compare
- 7 Hungary 2,333 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 hop cones — yield in New Zealand?
- Hop cones — yield in New Zealand was 2,481 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hop cones — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest hop cones — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,050 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does New Zealand rank for hop cones — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 4th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is hop cones — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. 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 — 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.