Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 46,958 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 46,958 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in New Zealand peaked at 46,958 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19,804 kg/ha, in 1964.
New Zealand ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,056 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,019 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 19,848 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 19,804 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 21,490 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1966 | 20,776 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 27,109 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1968 | 28,875 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 29,426 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 29,395 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 29,404 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 29,916 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 29,413 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 25,717 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 25,050 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 25,361 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 26,575 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 24,542 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 24,941 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 27,556 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 26,404 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 26,626 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 27,920 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 29,168 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 28,473 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 30,377 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 29,058 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 29,377 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 29,384 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 31,032 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 32,281 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 32,024 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 43,366 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1994 | 41,979 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 43,246 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 43,069 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 42,342 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 33,712 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1999 | 39,769 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2000 | 39,725 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 41,910 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 42,761 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 43,248 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 42,345 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 42,032 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 39,476 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 43,769 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 42,826 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 44,829 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 45,657 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 44,807 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 44,989 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 44,370 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 43,960 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 44,655 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 45,238 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 45,631 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 45,865 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 46,166 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 46,640 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 46,927 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 45,685 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 45,882 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 46,958 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,267 kg/ha | 19,804 kg/ha | 29,426 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,031 kg/ha | 24,542 kg/ha | 29,916 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,434 kg/ha | 26,404 kg/ha | 30,377 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,282 kg/ha | 31,032 kg/ha | 43,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,292 kg/ha | 39,476 kg/ha | 44,829 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,134 kg/ha | 43,960 kg/ha | 46,166 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,419 kg/ha | 45,685 kg/ha | 46,958 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 1 Türkiye 35,246 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46,581 kg/ha compare
- 3 Denmark 45,835 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in New Zealand?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in New Zealand was 46,958 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 46,958 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,804 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does New Zealand rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. 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 — Yield. 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.