Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price in New Zealand
New Zealand: Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price was 652 LCU in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price in New Zealand, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of cattle — producer price in New Zealand stood at 652 LCU.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — producer price in New Zealand peaked at 767 LCU in 2022 and was at its lowest, 196 LCU, in 1991.
That places New Zealand 100th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 196 LCU | — |
| 1992 | 270 LCU | +37.8% |
| 1993 | 296 LCU | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 269 LCU | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 282 LCU | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 324 LCU | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 296 LCU | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 277 LCU | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 290 LCU | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 309 LCU | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 410 LCU | +32.7% |
| 2002 | 434 LCU | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 301 LCU | -30.6% |
| 2004 | 350 LCU | +16.3% |
| 2005 | 380 LCU | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 340 LCU | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 377 LCU | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 633 LCU | +67.9% |
| 2009 | 426 LCU | -32.7% |
| 2010 | 523 LCU | +22.8% |
| 2011 | 648 LCU | +23.9% |
| 2012 | 526 LCU | -18.8% |
| 2013 | 504 LCU | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 696 LCU | +38.1% |
| 2015 | 382 LCU | -45.1% |
| 2016 | 351 LCU | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 527 LCU | +50.1% |
| 2018 | 575 LCU | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 545 LCU | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 588 LCU | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 614 LCU | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 767 LCU | +24.9% |
| 2023 | 676 LCU | -11.9% |
| 2024 | 652 LCU | -3.6% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 652 LCU is below the median for high income countries, which is 744.9 LCU, 88% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 652 LCU is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 63,172 LCU, 1% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 277.78 LCU | 196 LCU | 324 LCU | 9 |
| 2000s | 396 LCU | 301 LCU | 633 LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 527.7 LCU | 351 LCU | 696 LCU | 10 |
| 2020s | 659.4 LCU | 588 LCU | 767 LCU | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 905 LCU compare
- 98 Puerto Rico 837.8 LCU compare
- 99 Azerbaijan 780 LCU compare
- 101 Switzerland 650 LCU compare
- 102 Cyprus 645 LCU compare
- 103 El Salvador 627 LCU 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 raw milk of cattle — producer price in New Zealand?
- Raw milk of cattle — producer price in New Zealand was 652 LCU in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — producer price recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 767 LCU in 2022.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — producer price recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 196 LCU in 1991.
- How does New Zealand rank for raw milk of cattle — producer price?
- New Zealand ranks 100th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — producer price rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. 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 Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.