Strawberries — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Strawberries — Area harvested was 124 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Strawberries — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for strawberries — area harvested in New Zealand is 124 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.9% on the previous year and down 51.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, strawberries — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 389 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 80 ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 71st of 83 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Strawberries — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80 ha | — |
| 1962 | 127 ha | +58.8% |
| 1963 | 160 ha | +26.0% |
| 1964 | 186 ha | +16.2% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 192 ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 192 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 189 ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 208 ha | +10.1% |
| 1970 | 248 ha | +19.2% |
| 1971 | 226 ha | -8.9% |
| 1972 | 199 ha | -11.9% |
| 1973 | 188 ha | -5.5% |
| 1974 | 181 ha | -3.7% |
| 1975 | 178 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 160 ha | -10.1% |
| 1977 | 174 ha | +8.8% |
| 1978 | 234 ha | +34.5% |
| 1979 | 269 ha | +15.0% |
| 1980 | 287 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 298 ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 389 ha | +30.5% |
| 1983 | 375 ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 364 ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 378 ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 327 ha | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 296 ha | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 226 ha | -23.6% |
| 1989 | 245 ha | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 313 ha | +27.8% |
| 1991 | 300 ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 261 ha | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 247 ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 331 ha | +34.0% |
| 1995 | 250 ha | -24.5% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | -20.0% |
| 1997 | 224 ha | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 190 ha | -15.2% |
| 1999 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 384 ha | +102.1% |
| 2001 | 384 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 311 ha | -19.0% |
| 2003 | 290 ha | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 220 ha | -24.1% |
| 2005 | 219 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 180 ha | -17.8% |
| 2007 | 216 ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 230 ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 256 ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 236 ha | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 223 ha | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 220 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 236 ha | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 256 ha | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 253 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 240 ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 205 ha | -14.6% |
| 2018 | 212 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 212 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 190 ha | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 163 ha | -14.2% |
| 2023 | 163 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 124 ha | -23.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 170.44 ha | 80 ha | 208 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 205.7 ha | 160 ha | 269 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 318.5 ha | 226 ha | 389 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 250.6 ha | 190 ha | 331 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 269 ha | 180 ha | 384 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 229.3 ha | 205 ha | 256 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 166 ha | 124 ha | 190 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is strawberries — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Strawberries — area harvested in New Zealand was 124 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest strawberries — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 389 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest strawberries — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for strawberries — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 71st out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is strawberries — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.6%. 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 Strawberries — 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.