Maize (corn) — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Maize (corn) — Yield was 11,301 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 11,301 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.9% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in New Zealand peaked at 12,212 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3,865 kg/ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 12th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,498 kg/ha | 3,865 kg/ha | 7,167 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,694 kg/ha | 7,049 kg/ha | 9,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,964 kg/ha | 8,076 kg/ha | 9,797 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,723 kg/ha | 8,356 kg/ha | 11,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,576 kg/ha | 7,654 kg/ha | 11,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,081 kg/ha | 10,057 kg/ha | 11,734 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,326 kg/ha | 10,185 kg/ha | 12,212 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,108 kg/ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 11,915 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 13 Azerbaijan 10,814 kg/ha compare
- 14 Chile 10,806 kg/ha compare
- 15 Canada 10,588 kg/ha compare
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) — yield in New Zealand?
- Maize (corn) — yield in New Zealand was 11,301 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 12,212 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,865 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 12th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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) — 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.