New Zealand Arable Land 1961-2023
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 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 for 2018 was 518,500, a 5.6% increase from 2017.
- New Zealand arable land for 2017 was 491,000, a 9.24% decline from 2016.
| New Zealand Arable Land - Historical Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Hectares | Per Capita | Percent |
| 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 | 476,000 | 0.12 | 1.81% |
| 2001 | 1,500,000 | 0.39 | 5.70% |
| 2000 | 1,500,000 | 0.39 | 5.70% |
| 1999 | 1,555,000 | 0.41 | 5.91% |
| 1998 | 1,555,000 | 0.41 | 5.91% |
| 1997 | 1,555,000 | 0.41 | 5.91% |
| 1996 | 1,558,000 | 0.42 | 5.92% |
| 1995 | 1,579,000 | 0.43 | 6.00% |
| 1994 | 1,707,000 | 0.47 | 6.48% |
| 1993 | 1,930,000 | 0.54 | 7.33% |
| 1992 | 2,075,000 | 0.59 | 7.88% |
| 1991 | 2,356,000 | 0.67 | 8.95% |
| 1990 | 2,645,000 | 0.79 | 10.05% |
| 1989 | 2,534,000 | 0.77 | 9.62% |
| 1988 | 2,519,000 | 0.77 | 9.57% |
| 1987 | 2,616,000 | 0.80 | 9.94% |
| 1986 | 2,585,000 | 0.80 | 9.82% |
| 1985 | 2,522,000 | 0.78 | 9.58% |
| 1984 | 2,562,000 | 0.79 | 9.73% |
| 1983 | 2,585,000 | 0.81 | 9.82% |
| 1982 | 2,547,000 | 0.81 | 9.67% |
| 1981 | 2,560,000 | 0.82 | 9.72% |
| 1980 | 2,616,000 | 0.84 | 9.94% |
| 1979 | 2,661,000 | 0.86 | 10.11% |
| 1978 | 2,702,000 | 0.87 | 10.26% |
| 1977 | 2,736,000 | 0.88 | 10.39% |
| 1976 | 2,761,000 | 0.89 | 10.49% |
| 1975 | 2,819,000 | 0.91 | 10.71% |
| 1974 | 2,889,000 | 0.96 | 10.97% |
| 1973 | 2,912,000 | 0.98 | 11.06% |
| 1972 | 2,951,000 | 1.02 | 11.21% |
| 1971 | 2,960,000 | 1.04 | 11.24% |
| 1970 | 2,965,000 | 1.05 | 11.26% |
| 1969 | 2,970,000 | 1.07 | 11.28% |
| 1968 | 2,970,000 | 1.08 | 11.28% |
| 1967 | 2,975,000 | 1.09 | 11.30% |
| 1966 | 2,975,000 | 1.11 | 11.30% |
| 1965 | 2,980,000 | 1.13 | 11.32% |
| 1964 | 2,980,000 | 1.15 | 11.32% |
| 1963 | 2,985,000 | 1.18 | 11.34% |
| 1962 | 2,990,000 | 1.20 | 11.36% |
| 1961 | 3,000,000 | 1.24 | 11.39% |
