Wheat — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Wheat — Yield was 10,014 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — 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 wheat — yield in New Zealand is 10,014 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in New Zealand peaked at 10,014 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,648 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places New Zealand 1st out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,352 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,828 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1963 | 2,728 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 3,320 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1965 | 3,362 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 3,614 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 3,727 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 3,493 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 3,535 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 2,648 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1971 | 3,339 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1972 | 3,646 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 3,492 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 3,183 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 3,120 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 3,742 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1977 | 3,679 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 3,613 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 3,385 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 3,557 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 4,009 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1982 | 4,084 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 4,243 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 4,580 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 4,309 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1986 | 4,156 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 4,060 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 4,070 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 3,568 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1990 | 4,884 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1991 | 4,815 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 5,054 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 5,370 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 5,414 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 4,682 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1996 | 5,474 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1997 | 5,661 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 6,216 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 6,061 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 6,210 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 7,429 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2002 | 7,147 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 7,486 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 6,550 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 8,092 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2006 | 6,896 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2007 | 8,497 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2008 | 8,112 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 7,492 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 8,124 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 7,286 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 8,924 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2013 | 9,105 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 8,627 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 8,672 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 9,197 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 9,864 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 8,960 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 8,852 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 9,933 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2021 | 9,712 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 9,390 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 9,668 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 10,014 kg/ha | +3.6% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 10,014 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 10,014 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,033 kg/ha, 4.9× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,329 kg/ha | 2,728 kg/ha | 3,727 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,385 kg/ha | 2,648 kg/ha | 3,742 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,064 kg/ha | 3,557 kg/ha | 4,580 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,363 kg/ha | 4,682 kg/ha | 6,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,391 kg/ha | 6,210 kg/ha | 8,497 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,761 kg/ha | 7,286 kg/ha | 9,864 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,744 kg/ha | 9,390 kg/ha | 10,014 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 2 Ireland 8,140 kg/ha compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 3,244 kg/ha compare
- 3 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,096 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,078 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 3,004 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,281 kg/ha 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 wheat — yield in New Zealand?
- Wheat — yield in New Zealand was 10,014 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 10,014 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,648 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does New Zealand rank for wheat — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. 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 Wheat — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.