New Zealand Arable Land 1960-2024
Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
- New Zealand arable land for 2022 was 0, a 100% decline from 2021.
- New Zealand arable land for 2021 was 616,000, a 16.89% increase from 2020.
- New Zealand arable land for 2020 was 527,000, a 3.48% decline from 2019.
- New Zealand arable land for 2019 was 546,000, a 5.3% increase from 2018.
| New Zealand Arable Land - Historical Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Hectares | Per Capita | Percent |
| 2022 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| 2021 | 616,000 | 0.12 | 2.34% |
| 2020 | 527,000 | 0.10 | 2.00% |
| 2019 | 546,000 | 0.11 | 2.07% |
| 2018 | 518,500 | 0.11 | 1.97% |
| 2017 | 491,000 | 0.10 | 1.86% |
| 2016 | 541,000 | 0.11 | 2.05% |
| 2015 | 478,000 | 0.10 | 1.82% |
| 2014 | 590,000 | 0.13 | 2.24% |
| 2013 | 547,000 | 0.12 | 2.08% |
| 2012 | 509,000 | 0.12 | 1.93% |
| 2011 | 471,000 | 0.11 | 1.79% |
| 2010 | 499,000 | 0.11 | 1.90% |
| 2009 | 471,000 | 0.11 | 1.79% |
| 2008 | 453,000 | 0.11 | 1.72% |
| 2007 | 431,000 | 0.10 | 1.64% |
| 2006 | 399,000 | 0.10 | 1.52% |
| 2005 | 425,000 | 0.10 | 1.61% |
| 2004 | 420,000 | 0.10 | 1.60% |
| 2003 | 415,000 | 0.10 | 1.58% |
| 2002 | 401,400 | 0.10 | 1.52% |
| 2001 | 401,700 | 0.10 | 1.53% |
| 2000 | 403,879 | 0.10 | 1.53% |
| 1999 | 403,095 | 0.11 | 1.53% |
| 1998 | 400,333 | 0.10 | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 397,578 | 0.11 | 1.51% |
| 1996 | 396,832 | 0.11 | 1.51% |
| 1995 | 394,148 | 0.11 | 1.50% |
| 1994 | 391,459 | 0.11 | 1.49% |
| 1993 | 390,785 | 0.11 | 1.48% |
| 1992 | 387,087 | 0.11 | 1.47% |
| 1991 | 381,000 | 0.11 | 1.45% |
| 1990 | 380,000 | 0.11 | 1.44% |
| 1989 | 378,500 | 0.11 | 1.44% |
| 1988 | 374,000 | 0.11 | 1.42% |
| 1987 | 420,000 | 0.13 | 1.60% |
| 1986 | 465,000 | 0.14 | 1.77% |
| 1985 | 469,000 | 0.14 | 1.78% |
| 1984 | 456,000 | 0.14 | 1.73% |
| 1983 | 446,500 | 0.14 | 1.70% |
| 1982 | 438,000 | 0.14 | 1.66% |
| 1981 | 415,500 | 0.13 | 1.58% |
| 1980 | 400,000 | 0.13 | 1.52% |
| 1979 | 420,000 | 0.14 | 1.60% |
| 1978 | 402,900 | 0.13 | 1.53% |
| 1977 | 401,200 | 0.13 | 1.52% |
| 1976 | 399,500 | 0.13 | 1.52% |
| 1975 | 383,500 | 0.12 | 1.46% |
| 1974 | 367,500 | 0.12 | 1.40% |
| 1973 | 371,650 | 0.13 | 1.41% |
| 1972 | 375,800 | 0.13 | 1.43% |
| 1971 | 376,000 | 0.13 | 1.43% |
| 1970 | 376,000 | 0.13 | 1.43% |
| 1969 | 378,000 | 0.14 | 1.44% |
| 1968 | 378,000 | 0.14 | 1.44% |
| 1967 | 378,000 | 0.14 | 1.44% |
| 1966 | 380,000 | 0.14 | 1.44% |
| 1965 | 380,000 | 0.14 | 1.44% |
| 1964 | 380,000 | 0.15 | 1.44% |
| 1963 | 380,000 | 0.15 | 1.44% |
| 1962 | 381,000 | 0.15 | 1.45% |
| 1961 | 381,000 | 0.16 | 1.45% |
| 1960 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00% |