Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in New Zealand
New Zealand: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 0.045 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in New Zealand stood at 0.045 t per square kilometre.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in New Zealand peaked at 0.1041 t per square kilometre in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0108 t per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 71st out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0108 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0124 t per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0123 t per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0136 t per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0163 t per square kilometre | +20.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0138 t per square kilometre | -15.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0214 t per square kilometre | +54.6% |
| 1968 | 0.024 t per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0276 t per square kilometre | +14.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0307 t per square kilometre | +11.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0257 t per square kilometre | -16.5% |
| 1972 | 0.029 t per square kilometre | +13.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0318 t per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0353 t per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0284 t per square kilometre | -19.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0219 t per square kilometre | -22.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0231 t per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0579 t per square kilometre | +150.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0319 t per square kilometre | -44.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0599 t per square kilometre | +87.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0391 t per square kilometre | -34.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0258 t per square kilometre | -34.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0266 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0304 t per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0304 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0273 t per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0376 t per square kilometre | +37.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0376 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0387 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0471 t per square kilometre | +21.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0608 t per square kilometre | +29.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0737 t per square kilometre | +21.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0809 t per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0984 t per square kilometre | +21.6% |
| 1995 | 0.1006 t per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.1041 t per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 0.076 t per square kilometre | -27.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0498 t per square kilometre | -34.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0646 t per square kilometre | +29.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0665 t per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0608 t per square kilometre | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0608 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0665 t per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 0.076 t per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0665 t per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0638 t per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0577 t per square kilometre | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0501 t per square kilometre | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0471 t per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0541 t per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0602 t per square kilometre | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0523 t per square kilometre | -13.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0529 t per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0525 t per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0501 t per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 0.047 t per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0421 t per square kilometre | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0464 t per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0452 t per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0446 t per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0454 t per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0451 t per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.045 t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.045 t per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0469 t per square kilometre, 96% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.045 t per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4569 t per square kilometre, 10% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +150.2% | 0.0231 t per square kilometre | 0.0579 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0169 t per square kilometre | 0.0108 t per square kilometre | 0.0276 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0316 t per square kilometre | 0.0219 t per square kilometre | 0.0579 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0353 t per square kilometre | 0.0258 t per square kilometre | 0.0599 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0756 t per square kilometre | 0.0471 t per square kilometre | 0.1041 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0616 t per square kilometre | 0.0471 t per square kilometre | 0.076 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0503 t per square kilometre | 0.0421 t per square kilometre | 0.0602 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.045 t per square kilometre | 0.0446 t per square kilometre | 0.0454 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 68 Myanmar 0.0927 t per square kilometre compare
- 69 South Africa 0.0624 t per square kilometre compare
- 70 French Polynesia 0.0488 t per square kilometre compare
- 72 Argentina 0.0416 t per square kilometre compare
- 73 Mexico 0.0396 t per square kilometre compare
- 74 Costa Rica 0.0392 t per square kilometre 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 sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in New Zealand?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in New Zealand was 0.045 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1041 t per square kilometre in 1996.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0108 t per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- New Zealand ranks 71st out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.