Oats — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Oats — Yield was 5,279 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — 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 oats — yield in New Zealand is 5,279 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 26.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in New Zealand peaked at 7,145 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,209 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places New Zealand 4th out of 78 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.
Oats — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,424 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,438 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 2,209 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1964 | 2,565 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1965 | 2,884 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1966 | 2,779 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 3,026 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 3,253 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 3,304 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 2,747 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1971 | 2,698 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 3,020 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 2,982 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 2,948 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 2,638 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1976 | 3,269 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1977 | 3,461 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 3,177 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1979 | 3,174 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 3,325 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 3,587 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 3,844 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1983 | 3,665 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 3,787 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 3,788 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,772 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 3,789 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 3,651 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 3,574 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 3,819 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 3,867 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 4,106 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 4,005 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 4,458 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1995 | 3,814 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1996 | 4,083 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 4,270 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 4,019 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 4,200 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 4,425 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 4,479 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 4,758 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 5,050 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 4,112 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2005 | 5,743 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 2006 | 4,536 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2007 | 4,769 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 4,936 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 4,539 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 5,356 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2011 | 4,690 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2012 | 4,664 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 5,185 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2014 | 5,215 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 5,018 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 5,534 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 5,763 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 5,607 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 5,714 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 5,816 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 5,392 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 5,998 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 7,145 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2024 | 5,279 kg/ha | -26.1% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 5,279 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,136 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 5,279 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,924 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,765 kg/ha | 2,209 kg/ha | 3,304 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,011 kg/ha | 2,638 kg/ha | 3,461 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,678 kg/ha | 3,325 kg/ha | 3,844 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,064 kg/ha | 3,814 kg/ha | 4,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,735 kg/ha | 4,112 kg/ha | 5,743 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,275 kg/ha | 4,664 kg/ha | 5,763 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,926 kg/ha | 5,279 kg/ha | 7,145 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 1 Ireland 7,592 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 2,735 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,416 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 5,370 kg/ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,520 kg/ha compare
- 5 Denmark 4,887 kg/ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 1,294 kg/ha compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,286 kg/ha compare
- 6 Luxembourg 4,795 kg/ha compare
- 7 Germany 4,461 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,100 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 oats — yield in New Zealand?
- Oats — yield in New Zealand was 5,279 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 7,145 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,209 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does New Zealand rank for oats — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 4th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Oats — 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.