Yields key staple crops in New Zealand
New Zealand: Yields key staple crops was 10.01 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields key staple crops in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 10.01 for yields key staple crops 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, yields key staple crops in New Zealand peaked at 10.01 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.65, in 1970.
That places New Zealand 1st out of 125 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.33 | 2.73 | 3.73 | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.38 | 2.65 | 3.74 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.06 | 3.56 | 4.58 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.36 | 4.68 | 6.22 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.39 | 6.21 | 8.5 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.76 | 7.29 | 9.86 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.74 | 9.39 | 10.01 | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.28 billion current US$ (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2023)
- Rural population 852,066 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 16.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.01 (2023)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.01 (2023)
- Land under cereal production 121,170 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields key staple crops in New Zealand?
- Yields key staple crops in New Zealand was 10.01 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields key staple crops recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 10.01 in 2024.
- What is the lowest yields key staple crops recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.65 in 1970.
- How does New Zealand rank for yields key staple crops?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields key staple crops 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Yields key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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