Vegetal Products — Food supply in New Zealand
New Zealand: Vegetal Products — Food supply was 2,372 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetal Products — Food supply in New Zealand, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 2,372 kcal/cap/d for vegetal products — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetal products — food supply in New Zealand peaked at 2,372 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,073 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
That places New Zealand 83rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetal Products — Food supply in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,216 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,073 kcal/cap/d | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 2,255 kcal/cap/d | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 2,225 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 2,302 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,245 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 2,251 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,236 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 2,270 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 2,295 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 2,309 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 2,275 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | +4.3% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 2,372 kcal/cap/d is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,381 kcal/cap/d, 100% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 2,372 kcal/cap/d is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,412 kcal/cap/d, 98% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | 2,073 kcal/cap/d | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,313 kcal/cap/d | 2,275 kcal/cap/d | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
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 vegetal products — food supply in New Zealand?
- Vegetal products — food supply in New Zealand was 2,372 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetal products — food supply recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2,372 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetal products — food supply recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,073 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does New Zealand rank for vegetal products — food supply?
- New Zealand ranks 83rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetal products — food supply rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Vegetal Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.