Rape or colza seed — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 2,020 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — 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 rape or colza seed — yield in New Zealand is 2,020 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in New Zealand peaked at 2,500 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 750 kg/ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 36th of 67 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.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 800 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 750 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 1,212 kg/ha | +61.6% |
| 1968 | 1,333 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,167 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1974 | 969.2 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1975 | 1,500 kg/ha | +54.8% |
| 1976 | 1,429 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 1,875 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1978 | 2,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 1,875 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 1,857 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 1,667 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 2,080 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1983 | 2,336 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1984 | 2,183 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 2,381 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 2,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 2,065 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1988 | 2,044 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 1,997 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 2,200 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 2,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,500 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 1994 | 1,956 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1995 | 1,920 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 1,943 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 1,922 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 1,600 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 2,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2000 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,963 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 1,971 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,990 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1,999 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 2,007 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,016 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,024 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 2,033 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,041 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 2,017 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 2,016 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,026 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,020 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,021 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,023 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,021 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,022 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,022 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,022 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,020 kg/ha | -0.1% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 2,020 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 2,020 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,869 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rape or colza seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +61.6% | 750 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +54.8% | 969.2 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
| 1993 | -31.8% | 2,200 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +31.2% | 1,429 kg/ha | 1,875 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +30.4% | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,956 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +25.0% | 1,600 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 936.52 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,481 kg/ha | 969.2 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,111 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,944 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,993 kg/ha | 1,963 kg/ha | 2,007 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,024 kg/ha | 2,016 kg/ha | 2,041 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,022 kg/ha | 2,020 kg/ha | 2,022 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 34 North Macedonia 2,129 kg/ha compare
- 35 Latvia 2,063 kg/ha compare
- 37 Morocco 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 38 Algeria 1,944 kg/ha compare
- 39 Serbia and Montenegro 1,927 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 rape or colza seed — yield in New Zealand?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in New Zealand was 2,020 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 750 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 36th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Rape or colza seed — 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.