Tomatoes — Production in New Zealand
New Zealand: Tomatoes — Production was 54,040 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Production in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — production in New Zealand is 54,040 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and down 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — production in New Zealand peaked at 148,200 t in 1994 and was at its lowest, 36,961 t, in 1966.
New Zealand ranks 97th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Production in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 45,397 t | +22.4% |
| 1963 | 50,700 t | +11.7% |
| 1964 | 46,200 t | -8.9% |
| 1965 | 49,900 t | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 36,961 t | -25.9% |
| 1967 | 37,698 t | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 50,447 t | +33.8% |
| 1969 | 49,672 t | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 44,354 t | -10.7% |
| 1971 | 42,174 t | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 60,071 t | +42.4% |
| 1973 | 64,345 t | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 65,483 t | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 50,227 t | -23.3% |
| 1976 | 47,222 t | -6.0% |
| 1977 | 60,899 t | +29.0% |
| 1978 | 61,804 t | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 48,725 t | -21.2% |
| 1980 | 57,288 t | +17.6% |
| 1981 | 47,974 t | -16.3% |
| 1982 | 61,000 t | +27.2% |
| 1983 | 60,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 60,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 60,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 70,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 70,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 80,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 80,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 90,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 100,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 77,600 t | -22.4% |
| 1993 | 69,500 t | -10.4% |
| 1994 | 148,200 t | +113.2% |
| 1995 | 136,500 t | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 138,100 t | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 100,000 t | -27.6% |
| 1998 | 67,500 t | -32.5% |
| 1999 | 87,000 t | +28.9% |
| 2000 | 87,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 87,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 87,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100,000 t | +14.9% |
| 2004 | 95,000 t | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 90,000 t | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 92,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 110,000 t | +19.6% |
| 2008 | 90,000 t | -18.2% |
| 2009 | 92,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 90,290 t | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 92,686 t | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 89,978 t | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 84,258 t | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 80,049 t | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 74,088 t | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 69,948 t | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 48,109 t | -31.2% |
| 2018 | 56,435 t | +17.3% |
| 2019 | 57,026 t | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 43,576 t | -23.6% |
| 2021 | 54,975 t | +26.2% |
| 2022 | 52,247 t | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 52,154 t | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 54,040 t | +3.6% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 54,040 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 28,454 t, 1.9× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 54,040 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54,040 t, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +113.2% | 69,500 t | 148,200 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,897 t | 36,961 t | 50,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,530 t | 42,174 t | 65,483 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 64,626 t | 47,974 t | 80,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 101,440 t | 67,500 t | 148,200 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,000 t | 87,000 t | 110,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,287 t | 48,109 t | 92,686 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,398 t | 43,576 t | 54,975 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61,777 t compare
- 95 Costa Rica 58,765 t compare
- 96 Austria 58,100 t compare
- 98 Georgia 52,600 t compare
- 99 Ethiopia PDR 51,000 t compare
- 100 Paraguay 47,517 t 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 tomatoes — production in New Zealand?
- Tomatoes — production in New Zealand was 54,040 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 148,200 t in 1994.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,961 t in 1966.
- How does New Zealand rank for tomatoes — production?
- New Zealand ranks 97th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — production rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.5%. 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 Tomatoes — Production. 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.