Vegetables Primary — Production in New Zealand
New Zealand: Vegetables Primary — Production was 878,934 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Production in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — production in New Zealand is 878,934 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.2% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in New Zealand peaked at 1.11 million t in 1995 and was at its lowest, 212,102 t, in 1966.
New Zealand ranks 89th of 207 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 251,981 t | 212,102 t | 288,090 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 320,376 t | 260,568 t | 382,376 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 449,167 t | 364,678 t | 523,180 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 849,940 t | 586,080 t | 1.11 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 951,251 t | 914,293 t | 997,977 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 945,788 t | 891,757 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 854,402 t | 795,583 t | 905,346 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 86 Iraq 1.04 million t compare
- 87 Romania 1.03 million t compare
- 88 Czechoslovakia 931,023 t compare
- 90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 813,101 t compare
- 91 Ghana 807,983 t compare
- 92 Côte d'Ivoire 789,750 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture share gdp 4.01 (2023)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.01 (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 16.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 852,066 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.28 billion current US$ (2023)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 0 t (1998)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — production in New Zealand?
- Vegetables primary — production in New Zealand was 878,934 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 million t in 1995.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 212,102 t in 1966.
- How does New Zealand rank for vegetables primary — production?
- New Zealand ranks 89th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.