Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in New Zealand
New Zealand: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 543,329 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 543,329 t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.9% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in New Zealand peaked at 576,129 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 211,676 t, in 1979.
That places New Zealand 95th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 237,466 t | — |
| 1962 | 237,267 t | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 231,589 t | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 244,564 t | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 294,242 t | +20.3% |
| 1966 | 278,374 t | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 227,963 t | -18.1% |
| 1968 | 286,414 t | +25.6% |
| 1969 | 312,323 t | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 304,916 t | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 255,907 t | -16.1% |
| 1972 | 249,891 t | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 279,071 t | +11.7% |
| 1974 | 217,462 t | -22.1% |
| 1975 | 233,012 t | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 254,094 t | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 276,588 t | +8.9% |
| 1978 | 252,533 t | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 211,676 t | -16.2% |
| 1980 | 229,325 t | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 219,076 t | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 245,521 t | +12.1% |
| 1983 | 265,042 t | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 302,591 t | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 279,979 t | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 281,200 t | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 291,370 t | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 279,900 t | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 283,200 t | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 272,400 t | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 276,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 336,600 t | +22.0% |
| 1993 | 430,100 t | +27.8% |
| 1994 | 443,800 t | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 503,300 t | +13.4% |
| 1996 | 483,100 t | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 470,000 t | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 513,100 t | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 517,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 517,500 t | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 516,000 t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 516,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 517,500 t | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 520,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 517,500 t | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 517,800 t | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 495,200 t | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 518,200 t | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 557,400 t | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 539,251 t | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 542,520 t | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 576,129 t | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 520,794 t | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 460,216 t | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 469,595 t | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 484,729 t | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 483,278 t | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 508,873 t | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 530,934 t | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 564,036 t | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 569,412 t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 440,269 t | -22.7% |
| 2023 | 442,157 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 543,329 t | +22.9% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 543,329 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 159,591 t, 3.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 543,329 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 231,181 t, 2.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 261,134 t | 227,963 t | 312,323 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 253,515 t | 211,676 t | 304,916 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 267,720 t | 219,076 t | 302,591 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 424,540 t | 272,400 t | 517,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 519,310 t | 495,200 t | 557,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 511,632 t | 460,216 t | 576,129 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 511,841 t | 440,269 t | 569,412 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1262 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.76 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in New Zealand?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in New Zealand was 543,329 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 576,129 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 211,676 t in 1979.
- How does New Zealand rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- New Zealand ranks 95th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Production. 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.