Maize (corn) — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 21,631 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in New Zealand is 21,631 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 14.4% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 28,566 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 2,655 ha, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 109th out of 167 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,997 ha | 2,655 ha | 7,138 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,245 ha | 8,089 ha | 28,566 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,730 ha | 14,859 ha | 19,507 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,667 ha | 14,664 ha | 19,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,969 ha | 17,000 ha | 21,558 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,495 ha | 16,700 ha | 21,582 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,156 ha | 15,566 ha | 21,631 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture share gdp 4.01 (2023)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.01 (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 16.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 852,066 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.28 billion current US$ (2023)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 0 t (1998)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in New Zealand was 21,631 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 28,566 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,655 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 109th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.