Onions and shallots, green — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Onions and shallots, green — Yield was 45,156 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in New Zealand, 1962–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, green — yield in New Zealand is 45,156 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — yield in New Zealand peaked at 62,224 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 24,079 kg/ha, in 1962.
New Zealand ranks 1st of 59 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 24,079 kg/ha | — |
| 1963 | 27,753 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1964 | 32,342 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1965 | 25,807 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1966 | 29,205 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1967 | 31,286 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 25,262 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1969 | 25,975 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 36,364 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1971 | 31,417 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1972 | 33,459 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 32,920 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 29,674 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1975 | 30,933 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 33,795 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1977 | 33,540 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 32,457 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 32,528 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 34,580 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 32,229 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 31,340 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 38,398 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1984 | 39,749 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 33,333 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1986 | 34,492 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 30,120 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1988 | 40,885 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1989 | 33,375 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1990 | 35,133 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 32,727 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 34,701 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 45,059 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1994 | 62,224 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1995 | 47,077 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1996 | 46,726 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 40,000 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1998 | 38,000 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 37,931 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 34,072 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2001 | 35,000 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 37,360 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 36,534 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 50,070 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2005 | 33,462 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 2006 | 43,254 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2007 | 42,758 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 44,444 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 45,001 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 43,284 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 42,225 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 42,465 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 42,587 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 52,635 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2015 | 48,114 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2016 | 46,112 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 44,877 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 44,747 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 44,906 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 44,989 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 44,952 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 44,890 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 45,023 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 45,156 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,714 kg/ha | 24,079 kg/ha | 32,342 kg/ha | 8 |
| 1970s | 32,709 kg/ha | 29,674 kg/ha | 36,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,850 kg/ha | 30,120 kg/ha | 40,885 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,958 kg/ha | 32,727 kg/ha | 62,224 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,196 kg/ha | 33,462 kg/ha | 50,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,195 kg/ha | 42,225 kg/ha | 52,635 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,002 kg/ha | 44,890 kg/ha | 45,156 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 1 Australia and New Zealand 45,156 kg/ha compare
- 3 Germany 40,089 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 38,599 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — yield in New Zealand?
- Onions and shallots, green — yield in New Zealand was 45,156 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 62,224 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,079 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does New Zealand rank for onions and shallots, green — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — 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.