Potatoes — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Potatoes — Area harvested was 10,358 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in New Zealand is 10,358 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 23.0% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 14,200 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 7,500 ha, in 1991.
New Zealand ranks 92nd of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,118 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,108 ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 11,468 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 12,139 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 13,310 ha | +9.6% |
| 1966 | 13,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 8,020 ha | -38.3% |
| 1968 | 9,517 ha | +18.7% |
| 1969 | 10,132 ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 9,928 ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 8,287 ha | -16.5% |
| 1972 | 7,905 ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 8,995 ha | +13.8% |
| 1974 | 7,928 ha | -11.9% |
| 1975 | 8,854 ha | +11.7% |
| 1976 | 9,495 ha | +7.2% |
| 1977 | 9,867 ha | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 9,285 ha | -5.9% |
| 1979 | 7,501 ha | -19.2% |
| 1980 | 7,626 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 7,631 ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 8,795 ha | +15.3% |
| 1983 | 9,053 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 9,864 ha | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 9,323 ha | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 8,800 ha | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 9,400 ha | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 8,900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 9,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 7,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 9,695 ha | +29.3% |
| 1993 | 9,064 ha | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 9,524 ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 10,588 ha | +11.2% |
| 1996 | 10,122 ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 10,100 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 14,200 ha | +40.6% |
| 1999 | 12,000 ha | -15.5% |
| 2000 | 11,816 ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 11,214 ha | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 11,082 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 10,931 ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 11,080 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 10,850 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 11,717 ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 10,050 ha | -14.2% |
| 2008 | 11,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 11,398 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 10,590 ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 10,724 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 11,578 ha | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 10,464 ha | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 9,163 ha | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 9,266 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 9,506 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 9,450 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 9,895 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 10,317 ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 10,901 ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 10,901 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8,424 ha | -22.7% |
| 2023 | 8,424 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10,358 ha | +23.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,090 ha | 8,020 ha | 13,310 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,804 ha | 7,501 ha | 9,928 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,839 ha | 7,626 ha | 9,864 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,079 ha | 7,500 ha | 14,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,114 ha | 10,050 ha | 11,816 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,095 ha | 9,163 ha | 11,578 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,802 ha | 8,424 ha | 10,901 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Potatoes — area harvested in New Zealand was 10,358 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 14,200 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,500 ha in 1991.
- How does New Zealand rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 92nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. 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 Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.