Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 33,991 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in New Zealand is 33,991 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.2% on the previous year and down 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 56,757 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 15,091 ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 97th of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,091 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,565 ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 17,333 ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 19,397 ha | +11.9% |
| 1965 | 18,874 ha | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 15,531 ha | -17.7% |
| 1967 | 15,672 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 17,252 ha | +10.1% |
| 1969 | 21,327 ha | +23.6% |
| 1970 | 20,630 ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 19,867 ha | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 20,477 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 21,336 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 22,435 ha | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 22,352 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 22,721 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 26,263 ha | +15.6% |
| 1978 | 26,662 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 24,866 ha | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 23,186 ha | -6.8% |
| 1981 | 23,582 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 26,660 ha | +13.1% |
| 1983 | 29,365 ha | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 33,220 ha | +13.1% |
| 1985 | 36,860 ha | +11.0% |
| 1986 | 43,301 ha | +17.5% |
| 1987 | 56,757 ha | +31.1% |
| 1988 | 45,599 ha | -19.7% |
| 1989 | 40,161 ha | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 41,405 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 44,724 ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 29,308 ha | -34.5% |
| 1993 | 32,922 ha | +12.3% |
| 1994 | 46,870 ha | +42.4% |
| 1995 | 51,676 ha | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 47,091 ha | -8.9% |
| 1997 | 51,564 ha | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 51,176 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 46,328 ha | -9.5% |
| 2000 | 47,108 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 45,332 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 44,033 ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 46,472 ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 43,933 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 44,772 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 43,156 ha | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 41,833 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 40,850 ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 43,762 ha | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 40,437 ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 42,692 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 44,416 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 43,413 ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 43,969 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 42,909 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 40,866 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 35,716 ha | -12.6% |
| 2018 | 35,728 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 36,117 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 34,593 ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 34,729 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 31,406 ha | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 31,404 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 33,991 ha | +8.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 33,991 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 4.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 33,991 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 20,233 ha, 1.7× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,449 ha | 15,091 ha | 21,327 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,761 ha | 19,867 ha | 26,662 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,869 ha | 23,186 ha | 56,757 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,306 ha | 29,308 ha | 51,676 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,125 ha | 40,850 ha | 47,108 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,626 ha | 35,716 ha | 44,416 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,225 ha | 31,404 ha | 34,729 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1262 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.76 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in New Zealand was 33,991 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 56,757 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,091 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 97th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.7%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.