Pulses, Total — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 7,638 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — 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 pulses, total — area harvested in New Zealand is 7,638 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 39,304 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 6,693 ha, in 2007.
New Zealand ranks 121st of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,458 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,343 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 12,069 ha | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 12,111 ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 11,020 ha | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 11,649 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 11,057 ha | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 14,028 ha | +26.9% |
| 1969 | 20,285 ha | +44.6% |
| 1970 | 24,500 ha | +20.8% |
| 1971 | 22,533 ha | -8.0% |
| 1972 | 22,454 ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 21,390 ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 20,357 ha | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 21,822 ha | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 18,980 ha | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 18,804 ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 20,802 ha | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 22,535 ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 24,222 ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 16,833 ha | -30.5% |
| 1982 | 17,690 ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 22,860 ha | +29.2% |
| 1984 | 21,987 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 22,666 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 28,238 ha | +24.6% |
| 1987 | 39,304 ha | +39.2% |
| 1988 | 26,672 ha | -32.1% |
| 1989 | 21,031 ha | -21.1% |
| 1990 | 20,147 ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 21,752 ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 26,099 ha | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 22,508 ha | -13.8% |
| 1994 | 21,480 ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 19,824 ha | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 15,579 ha | -21.4% |
| 1997 | 15,950 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 21,200 ha | +32.9% |
| 1999 | 17,326 ha | -18.3% |
| 2000 | 20,500 ha | +18.3% |
| 2001 | 13,500 ha | -34.1% |
| 2002 | 11,425 ha | -15.4% |
| 2003 | 10,911 ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 14,042 ha | +28.7% |
| 2005 | 11,158 ha | -20.5% |
| 2006 | 8,510 ha | -23.7% |
| 2007 | 6,693 ha | -21.4% |
| 2008 | 6,981 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 8,123 ha | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 13,420 ha | +65.2% |
| 2011 | 12,942 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 7,566 ha | -41.5% |
| 2013 | 7,702 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 8,074 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 7,344 ha | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 7,707 ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 7,708 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7,586 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 7,652 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 7,649 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 7,629 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 7,643 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 7,640 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 7,638 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,780 ha | 11,020 ha | 20,285 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,418 ha | 18,804 ha | 24,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,150 ha | 16,833 ha | 39,304 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,186 ha | 15,579 ha | 26,099 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,184 ha | 6,693 ha | 20,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,770 ha | 7,344 ha | 13,420 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,640 ha | 7,629 ha | 7,649 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,162 ha compare
- 119 Republic of Korea 8,827 ha compare
- 120 Israel 8,292 ha compare
- 122 Papua New Guinea 7,437 ha compare
- 123 Norway 7,331 ha compare
- 124 Belize 7,228 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.01 (2023)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.01 (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in New Zealand was 7,638 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 39,304 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,693 ha in 2007.
- How does New Zealand rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 121st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — 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.