Cereal yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cereal yield was 9,102 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, cereal yield in New Zealand stood at 9,102 kg per hectare. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in New Zealand peaked at 9,102 kg per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,733 kg per hectare, in 1963.
New Zealand ranks 8th of 181 countries on this measure, 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 | 3,299 kg per hectare | 2,733 kg per hectare | 3,708 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,685 kg per hectare | 2,975 kg per hectare | 4,163 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,465 kg per hectare | 3,941 kg per hectare | 4,804 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,610 kg per hectare | 5,034 kg per hectare | 6,294 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,945 kg per hectare | 6,276 kg per hectare | 7,916 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,962 kg per hectare | 6,953 kg per hectare | 8,464 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,764 kg per hectare | 8,382 kg per hectare | 9,102 kg per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg per hectare compare
- 6 Mauritius 11,643 kg per hectare compare
- 7 New Caledonia 9,790 kg per hectare compare
- 9 Belgium 8,486 kg per hectare compare
- 10 United States 8,414 kg per hectare compare
- 11 Bahamas 7,737 kg per hectare compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 16.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 852,066 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.28 billion current US$ (2023)
- Land under cereal production 121,170 hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 1.10 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 1,291 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in New Zealand?
- Cereal yield in New Zealand was 9,102 kg per hectare in 2024, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 9,102 kg per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,733 kg per hectare in 1963.
- How does New Zealand rank for cereal yield?
- New Zealand ranks 8th out of 181 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.