Linseed — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Linseed — Yield was 1,341 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Linseed — 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 linseed — yield in New Zealand is 1,341 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — yield in New Zealand peaked at 2,471 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1,027 kg/ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 15th of 62 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,027 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,256 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1963 | 1,440 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1964 | 1,395 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 1,389 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 1,408 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 2,030 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1968 | 1,725 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1969 | 2,092 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1970 | 2,471 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1971 | 2,000 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1972 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,297 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1975 | 2,020 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 1,990 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 1,996 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 1,992 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 2,080 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 2,011 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 2,000 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 2,055 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 2,000 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,961 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,202 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 2,000 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,165 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 2,000 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,500 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,570 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 1,520 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 1,497 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,519 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 1,482 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 1,453 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 1,424 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 1,395 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 1,367 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 1,341 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 1,359 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,355 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,326 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 1,387 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 1,356 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 1,312 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 1,351 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1,339 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,334 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,341 kg/ha | +0.6% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 1,341 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,207 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — Yield in New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +44.2% | 1,408 kg/ha | 2,030 kg/ha |
| 2003 | -25.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,529 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 2,092 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,077 kg/ha | 1,990 kg/ha | 2,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,011 kg/ha | 1,961 kg/ha | 2,080 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,037 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,659 kg/ha | 1,482 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,376 kg/ha | 1,326 kg/ha | 1,453 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,335 kg/ha | 1,312 kg/ha | 1,351 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 linseed — yield in New Zealand?
- Linseed — yield in New Zealand was 1,341 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2,471 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest linseed — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,027 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for linseed — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 15th out of 62 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. 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 Linseed — Yield. 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.