Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested was 601 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 601 ha for peaches and nectarines — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 11.9% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 9,019 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 374 ha, in 2017.
New Zealand ranks 64th of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,242 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 1,400 ha | +12.7% |
| 1964 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 1,440 ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 1,480 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 1,505 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 1,573 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 1,575 ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 1,615 ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 1,658 ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 1,583 ha | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 1,616 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 1,589 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 1,601 ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 1,368 ha | -14.6% |
| 1978 | 1,395 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 1,395 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,536 ha | +10.1% |
| 1981 | 1,648 ha | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 1,699 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 2,061 ha | +21.3% |
| 1984 | 2,138 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 2,511 ha | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 2,531 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 2,410 ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 2,299 ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 2,190 ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 2,047 ha | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 2,100 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 1,848 ha | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 1,714 ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 1,381 ha | -19.4% |
| 1995 | 1,443 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 1,315 ha | -8.9% |
| 1997 | 1,500 ha | +14.1% |
| 1998 | 1,200 ha | -20.0% |
| 1999 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 1,343 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 1,340 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,336 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,233 ha | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 1,270 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 980 ha | -22.8% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 904 ha | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 890 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 867 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 720 ha | -17.0% |
| 2011 | 837 ha | +16.2% |
| 2012 | 861 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 882 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 822 ha | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 1,391 ha | +69.2% |
| 2016 | 9,019 ha | +548.4% |
| 2017 | 374 ha | -95.9% |
| 2018 | 1,220 ha | +226.2% |
| 2019 | 660 ha | -45.9% |
| 2020 | 652 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 652 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 537 ha | -17.6% |
| 2023 | 537 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 601 ha | +11.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,416 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,573 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,540 ha | 1,368 ha | 1,658 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,102 ha | 1,536 ha | 2,531 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,595 ha | 1,200 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,116 ha | 867 ha | 1,343 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,679 ha | 374 ha | 9,019 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 595.8 ha | 537 ha | 652 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
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 peaches and nectarines — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Peaches and nectarines — area harvested in New Zealand was 601 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 9,019 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 374 ha in 2017.
- How does New Zealand rank for peaches and nectarines — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 64th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.