Raspberries — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Raspberries — Area harvested was 71 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raspberries — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, raspberries — area harvested in New Zealand stood at 71 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.8% on the previous year and down 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raspberries — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 551 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 71 ha, in 2024.
That places New Zealand 44th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raspberries — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 221 ha | +10.5% |
| 1963 | 230 ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 223 ha | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 223 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 211 ha | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 210 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 209 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 231 ha | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 297 ha | +28.6% |
| 1971 | 329 ha | +10.8% |
| 1972 | 315 ha | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 268 ha | -14.9% |
| 1974 | 249 ha | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 205 ha | -17.7% |
| 1976 | 173 ha | -15.6% |
| 1977 | 156 ha | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 178 ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 225 ha | +26.4% |
| 1980 | 310 ha | +37.8% |
| 1981 | 391 ha | +26.1% |
| 1982 | 498 ha | +27.4% |
| 1983 | 513 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 532 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 551 ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 517 ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 487 ha | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 388 ha | -20.3% |
| 1989 | 340 ha | -12.4% |
| 1990 | 285 ha | -16.2% |
| 1991 | 250 ha | -12.3% |
| 1992 | 221 ha | -11.6% |
| 1993 | 224 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 199 ha | -11.2% |
| 1995 | 200 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 198 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 150 ha | -24.2% |
| 1998 | 250 ha | +66.7% |
| 1999 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 254 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 278 ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 302 ha | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 204 ha | -32.5% |
| 2004 | 199 ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 190 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 178 ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 150 ha | -15.7% |
| 2008 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 115 ha | -42.5% |
| 2010 | 156 ha | +35.7% |
| 2011 | 132 ha | -15.4% |
| 2012 | 132 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 135 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 115 ha | -14.8% |
| 2015 | 113 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 107 ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 92 ha | -14.0% |
| 2018 | 89 ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 77 ha | -13.5% |
| 2020 | 86 ha | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 83 ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 92 ha | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 92 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 71 ha | -22.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 217.56 ha | 200 ha | 231 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 239.5 ha | 156 ha | 329 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 452.7 ha | 310 ha | 551 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 222.7 ha | 150 ha | 285 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 207 ha | 115 ha | 302 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 114.8 ha | 77 ha | 156 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.8 ha | 71 ha | 92 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raspberries — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Raspberries — area harvested in New Zealand was 71 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raspberries — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 551 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest raspberries — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 71 ha in 2024.
- How does New Zealand rank for raspberries — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 44th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raspberries — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raspberries — 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.