Potatoes — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Potatoes — Yield was 51,307 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in New Zealand is 51,307 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in New Zealand peaked at 51,307 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19,853 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places New Zealand 1st out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,103 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,065 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 19,912 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 19,853 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 21,785 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1966 | 21,134 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 27,723 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1968 | 29,431 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 30,109 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 29,897 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 30,065 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 30,646 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 30,094 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 26,258 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1975 | 25,471 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 26,153 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 27,414 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 25,556 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1979 | 27,101 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 28,004 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 27,359 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 27,143 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 28,504 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 29,865 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 29,173 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 31,136 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 29,944 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 30,337 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 30,333 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 32,500 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 34,667 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 32,718 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 45,102 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 1994 | 43,879 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 45,032 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 45,021 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 44,554 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 35,211 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1999 | 41,667 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2000 | 42,316 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 44,587 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 45,118 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 45,742 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 45,126 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 46,083 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 42,758 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 47,761 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 45,909 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 47,815 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 49,575 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 49,111 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 48,571 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 48,440 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 48,717 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 49,257 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 49,690 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 49,966 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 50,193 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 50,308 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 50,665 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 51,138 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 50,855 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 51,081 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 51,307 kg/ha | +0.4% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 51,307 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 51,307 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16,105 kg/ha, 3.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +37.8% | 32,718 kg/ha | 45,102 kg/ha |
| 1967 | +31.2% | 21,134 kg/ha | 27,723 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,568 kg/ha | 19,853 kg/ha | 30,109 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,866 kg/ha | 25,471 kg/ha | 30,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,180 kg/ha | 27,143 kg/ha | 31,136 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,035 kg/ha | 32,500 kg/ha | 45,102 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,322 kg/ha | 42,316 kg/ha | 47,815 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,383 kg/ha | 48,440 kg/ha | 50,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,009 kg/ha | 50,665 kg/ha | 51,307 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 1 Türkiye 35,246 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 32,280 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46,581 kg/ha compare
- 3 Denmark 45,835 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28,752 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 23,888 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 potatoes — yield in New Zealand?
- Potatoes — yield in New Zealand was 51,307 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 51,307 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,853 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does New Zealand rank for potatoes — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 — 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.