Vegetables Primary — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 25,858 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in New Zealand is 25,858 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in New Zealand peaked at 26,069 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8,667 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places New Zealand 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,740 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,241 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1963 | 15,590 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 14,852 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1965 | 14,775 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 13,657 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1967 | 14,349 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 14,430 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 13,428 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1970 | 13,330 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 13,116 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 14,508 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1973 | 15,110 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 14,534 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 14,180 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 13,221 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1977 | 13,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 14,342 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 15,109 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 17,083 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1981 | 15,464 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1982 | 15,287 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 14,060 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1984 | 13,707 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 12,648 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1986 | 10,735 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1987 | 8,667 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1988 | 11,474 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 1989 | 12,674 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1990 | 14,155 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1991 | 13,928 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 20,894 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 21,623 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 23,400 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 21,493 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 22,347 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 17,778 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1998 | 16,829 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 20,041 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2000 | 21,185 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 21,073 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 20,891 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 20,021 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 21,326 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 20,421 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 22,624 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 23,599 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 23,392 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 21,447 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 22,384 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 20,888 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 22,030 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 21,921 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 23,136 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 23,026 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 23,824 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 25,422 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 25,436 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 25,892 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 25,858 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 26,069 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 25,332 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 25,399 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 25,858 kg/ha | +1.8% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 25,858 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 25,858 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,603 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +50.0% | 13,928 kg/ha | 20,894 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,451 kg/ha | 13,428 kg/ha | 15,590 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,067 kg/ha | 13,116 kg/ha | 15,110 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,180 kg/ha | 8,667 kg/ha | 17,083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,249 kg/ha | 13,928 kg/ha | 23,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,598 kg/ha | 20,021 kg/ha | 23,599 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,396 kg/ha | 20,888 kg/ha | 25,892 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,703 kg/ha | 25,332 kg/ha | 26,069 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 vegetables primary — yield in New Zealand?
- Vegetables primary — yield in New Zealand was 25,858 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 26,069 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,667 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does New Zealand rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. 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 — Yield. 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.