Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity in New Zealand
New Zealand: Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity was 50.44 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity in New Zealand, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 50.44 kg/cap for starchy roots — food supply quantity in 2023.
That represents a change of up 10.9% on the previous year and down 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply quantity in New Zealand peaked at 86.38 kg/cap in 2017 and was at its lowest, 45.48 kg/cap, in 2022.
New Zealand ranks 87th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 82.16 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 68.9 kg/cap | -16.1% |
| 2012 | 72.43 kg/cap | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 78.48 kg/cap | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 83.03 kg/cap | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 74.95 kg/cap | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 62.18 kg/cap | -17.0% |
| 2017 | 86.38 kg/cap | +38.9% |
| 2018 | 48.49 kg/cap | -43.9% |
| 2019 | 48.21 kg/cap | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 54.24 kg/cap | +12.5% |
| 2021 | 68.16 kg/cap | +25.7% |
| 2022 | 45.48 kg/cap | -33.3% |
| 2023 | 50.44 kg/cap | +10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 70.52 kg/cap | 48.21 kg/cap | 86.38 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.58 kg/cap | 45.48 kg/cap | 68.16 kg/cap | 4 |
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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 starchy roots — food supply quantity in New Zealand?
- Starchy roots — food supply quantity in New Zealand was 50.44 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply quantity recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 86.38 kg/cap in 2017.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply quantity recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.48 kg/cap in 2022.
- How does New Zealand rank for starchy roots — food supply quantity?
- New Zealand ranks 87th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply quantity rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.