Oats — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Oats — Area harvested was 4,420 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in New Zealand stood at 4,420 ha.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and down 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 22,140 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 3,885 ha, in 2012.
New Zealand ranks 55th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,588 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,035 ha | -20.2% |
| 1963 | 8,449 ha | -39.8% |
| 1964 | 10,926 ha | +29.3% |
| 1965 | 15,690 ha | +43.6% |
| 1966 | 15,663 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 9,310 ha | -40.6% |
| 1968 | 13,759 ha | +47.8% |
| 1969 | 15,783 ha | +14.7% |
| 1970 | 21,008 ha | +33.1% |
| 1971 | 22,140 ha | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 16,374 ha | -26.0% |
| 1973 | 15,079 ha | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 21,451 ha | +42.3% |
| 1975 | 19,034 ha | -11.3% |
| 1976 | 12,792 ha | -32.8% |
| 1977 | 16,757 ha | +31.0% |
| 1978 | 16,222 ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 18,352 ha | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 18,660 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 12,572 ha | -32.6% |
| 1982 | 15,854 ha | +26.1% |
| 1983 | 21,742 ha | +37.1% |
| 1984 | 19,746 ha | -9.2% |
| 1985 | 13,460 ha | -31.8% |
| 1986 | 15,878 ha | +18.0% |
| 1987 | 20,747 ha | +30.7% |
| 1988 | 17,542 ha | -15.4% |
| 1989 | 18,437 ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 20,656 ha | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 14,790 ha | -28.4% |
| 1992 | 14,033 ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 14,179 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 12,947 ha | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 10,063 ha | -22.3% |
| 1996 | 10,094 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 11,500 ha | +13.9% |
| 1998 | 10,500 ha | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 9,929 ha | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 8,000 ha | -19.4% |
| 2001 | 5,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 2002 | 7,353 ha | +47.1% |
| 2003 | 5,927 ha | -19.4% |
| 2004 | 7,501 ha | +26.6% |
| 2005 | 5,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 2006 | 6,278 ha | +25.6% |
| 2007 | 5,773 ha | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 5,159 ha | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 7,425 ha | +43.9% |
| 2010 | 8,889 ha | +19.7% |
| 2011 | 6,070 ha | -31.7% |
| 2012 | 3,885 ha | -36.0% |
| 2013 | 5,444 ha | +40.1% |
| 2014 | 6,662 ha | +22.4% |
| 2015 | 5,803 ha | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 8,428 ha | +45.2% |
| 2017 | 6,070 ha | -28.0% |
| 2018 | 4,332 ha | -28.6% |
| 2019 | 4,694 ha | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 4,000 ha | -14.8% |
| 2021 | 4,600 ha | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 5,500 ha | +19.6% |
| 2023 | 4,235 ha | -23.0% |
| 2024 | 4,420 ha | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,467 ha | 8,449 ha | 17,588 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,921 ha | 12,792 ha | 22,140 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,464 ha | 12,572 ha | 21,742 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,869 ha | 9,929 ha | 20,656 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,342 ha | 5,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,028 ha | 3,885 ha | 8,889 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,551 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,500 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Oats — area harvested in New Zealand was 4,420 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 22,140 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,885 ha in 2012.
- How does New Zealand rank for oats — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 55th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.7%. 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 Oats — 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.