Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply quantity in New Zealand
New Zealand: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply quantity was 41.93 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply quantity in New Zealand, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply quantity in New Zealand is 41.93 kg/cap, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply quantity in New Zealand peaked at 51.84 kg/cap in 2010 and was at its lowest, 38.75 kg/cap, in 2022.
That places New Zealand 9th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply quantity in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 51.84 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 49.97 kg/cap | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 50.13 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 50.91 kg/cap | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 49.19 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 48.21 kg/cap | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 43.82 kg/cap | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 44.73 kg/cap | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 44.06 kg/cap | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 42.58 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 42.19 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 43.85 kg/cap | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 38.75 kg/cap | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 41.93 kg/cap | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 47.54 kg/cap | 42.58 kg/cap | 51.84 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.68 kg/cap | 38.75 kg/cap | 43.85 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 6 Gambia 45.59 kg/cap compare
- 6 Polynesia 25.33 kg/cap compare
- 7 Costa Rica 42.83 kg/cap compare
- 8 Bahrain 42.18 kg/cap compare
- 8 Viet Nam 22.7 kg/cap compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 21.3 kg/cap compare
- 10 Chile 41.13 kg/cap compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 19.97 kg/cap compare
- 11 Kiribati 40.94 kg/cap compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.82 kg/cap compare
- 12 Malaysia 40.59 kg/cap 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 sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply quantity in New Zealand?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply quantity in New Zealand was 41.93 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply quantity recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 51.84 kg/cap in 2010.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply quantity recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.75 kg/cap in 2022.
- How does New Zealand rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply quantity?
- New Zealand ranks 9th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply quantity rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.6%. 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 Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — 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.