Yields of key staple crops in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Yields of key staple crops was 0.6732 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yields of key staple crops in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, yields of key staple crops in New Caledonia stood at 0.6732 tonnes per hectare.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 64.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in New Caledonia peaked at 3.35 tonnes per hectare in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.5224 tonnes per hectare, in 2018.
That places New Caledonia 121st out of 125 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.62 tonnes per hectare | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 3 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.37 tonnes per hectare | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 3.35 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 0.7327 tonnes per hectare | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 0.7317 tonnes per hectare | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 1.85 tonnes per hectare | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9868 tonnes per hectare | 0.5224 tonnes per hectare | 1.92 tonnes per hectare | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.6306 tonnes per hectare | 0.5573 tonnes per hectare | 0.6732 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 169.25 million current US$ (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 93,999 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 31.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Land under cereal production 298 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in New Caledonia?
- Yields of key staple crops in New Caledonia was 0.6732 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.35 tonnes per hectare in 1973.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5224 tonnes per hectare in 2018.
- How does New Caledonia rank for yields of key staple crops?
- New Caledonia ranks 121st out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.