Peaches and nectarines — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Peaches and nectarines — Yield was 160.2 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Peaches and nectarines — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, peaches and nectarines — yield in New Zealand stood at 160.2 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 96.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — yield in New Zealand peaked at 18,457 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 30.4 kg/ha, in 2017.
New Zealand ranks 81st of 81 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Peaches and nectarines — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,942 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,247 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 15,086 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1964 | 14,373 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1965 | 13,000 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1966 | 15,756 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1967 | 15,910 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 15,522 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 16,168 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 18,143 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1971 | 16,443 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1972 | 14,610 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1973 | 17,147 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1974 | 16,523 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 13,021 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1976 | 16,351 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1977 | 18,457 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1978 | 13,705 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1979 | 15,373 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1980 | 13,490 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1981 | 13,964 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 14,556 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 11,451 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1984 | 12,783 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1985 | 9,956 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1986 | 11,853 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1987 | 11,618 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 12,397 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 11,224 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 5,520 kg/ha | -50.8% |
| 1991 | 4,190 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1992 | 4,167 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 5,076 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1994 | 5,214 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 5,128 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 5,703 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 9,340 kg/ha | +63.8% |
| 1998 | 11,687 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1999 | 12,143 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 12,658 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 11,039 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2002 | 8,245 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2003 | 5,942 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 2004 | 7,292 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2005 | 8,778 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2006 | 8,700 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 9,071 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 9,101 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 9,227 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 9,358 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 6,344 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 2012 | 4,310 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 2013 | 4,330 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 4,328 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,833 kg/ha | -57.6% |
| 2016 | 168.3 kg/ha | -90.8% |
| 2017 | 30.4 kg/ha | -81.9% |
| 2018 | 108.7 kg/ha | +257.6% |
| 2019 | 159.6 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 2020 | 213.3 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 2021 | 176.3 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2022 | 165.5 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 162.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 160.2 kg/ha | -1.7% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 160.2 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,543 kg/ha, 2% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Peaches and nectarines — Yield in New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +257.6% | 30.4 kg/ha | 108.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,223 kg/ha | 10,942 kg/ha | 16,168 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,977 kg/ha | 13,021 kg/ha | 18,457 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,329 kg/ha | 9,956 kg/ha | 14,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,817 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 12,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,005 kg/ha | 5,942 kg/ha | 12,658 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,097 kg/ha | 30.4 kg/ha | 9,358 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 175.64 kg/ha | 160.2 kg/ha | 213.3 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 78 Tajikistan 2,543 kg/ha compare
- 79 Czechoslovakia 2,493 kg/ha compare
- 80 Czechia 1,526 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 peaches and nectarines — yield in New Zealand?
- Peaches and nectarines — yield in New Zealand was 160.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 18,457 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.4 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does New Zealand rank for peaches and nectarines — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 81st out of 81 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.3%. 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 — 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.