Pears — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Pears — Yield was 54,320 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pears — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pears — yield in New Zealand stood at 54,320 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — yield in New Zealand peaked at 54,320 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,071 kg/ha, in 1989.
New Zealand ranks 4th of 87 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,821 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,705 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1963 | 26,956 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1964 | 30,862 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1965 | 31,624 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 33,501 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 30,498 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1968 | 31,360 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 27,113 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1970 | 34,664 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1971 | 32,057 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 30,522 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 40,155 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1974 | 30,757 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1975 | 35,119 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1976 | 28,570 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1977 | 26,648 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 31,919 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1979 | 32,180 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 38,808 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1981 | 30,377 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1982 | 32,593 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 16,258 kg/ha | -50.1% |
| 1984 | 22,235 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1985 | 29,516 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1986 | 22,426 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1987 | 16,385 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 1988 | 15,123 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 15,071 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 18,270 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1991 | 22,667 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1992 | 36,181 kg/ha | +59.6% |
| 1993 | 37,640 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 39,984 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 37,836 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 37,793 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 30,000 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1998 | 41,000 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1999 | 44,000 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 43,841 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 34,897 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2002 | 44,440 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2003 | 44,084 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 42,105 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 44,506 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 44,000 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 50,432 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2008 | 43,333 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2009 | 50,000 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 49,415 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 49,108 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 48,280 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 48,652 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 49,830 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 50,794 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 51,248 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 51,784 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 52,110 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 52,568 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 53,111 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 53,796 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 53,284 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 53,870 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 54,320 kg/ha | +0.8% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 54,320 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,875 kg/ha, 3.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +59.6% | 22,667 kg/ha | 36,181 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,938 kg/ha | 24,821 kg/ha | 33,501 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,259 kg/ha | 26,648 kg/ha | 40,155 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,879 kg/ha | 15,071 kg/ha | 38,808 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,537 kg/ha | 18,270 kg/ha | 44,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,164 kg/ha | 34,897 kg/ha | 50,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,379 kg/ha | 48,280 kg/ha | 52,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,676 kg/ha | 53,111 kg/ha | 54,320 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 1 Austria 89,246 kg/ha compare
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29,153 kg/ha compare
- 2 Israel 67,073 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 28,327 kg/ha compare
- 3 Switzerland 58,462 kg/ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10,792 kg/ha compare
- 5 South Africa 38,041 kg/ha compare
- 6 Chile 34,815 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 7,505 kg/ha compare
- 7 Argentina 33,698 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 pears — yield in New Zealand?
- Pears — yield in New Zealand was 54,320 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 54,320 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pears — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,071 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does New Zealand rank for pears — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 4th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. 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 Pears — 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.