New Zealand - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in New Zealand was 491,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,000,000 in 1961 and a minimum value of 399,000 in 2006.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 3,000,000
1962 2,990,000
1963 2,985,000
1964 2,980,000
1965 2,980,000
1966 2,975,000
1967 2,975,000
1968 2,970,000
1969 2,970,000
1970 2,965,000
1971 2,960,000
1972 2,951,000
1973 2,912,000
1974 2,889,000
1975 2,819,000
1976 2,761,000
1977 2,736,000
1978 2,702,000
1979 2,661,000
1980 2,616,000
1981 2,560,000
1982 2,547,000
1983 2,585,000
1984 2,562,000
1985 2,522,000
1986 2,585,000
1987 2,616,000
1988 2,519,000
1989 2,534,000
1990 2,645,000
1991 2,356,000
1992 2,075,000
1993 1,930,000
1994 1,707,000
1995 1,579,000
1996 1,558,000
1997 1,555,000
1998 1,555,000
1999 1,555,000
2000 1,500,000
2001 1,500,000
2002 476,000
2003 415,000
2004 420,000
2005 425,000
2006 399,000
2007 431,000
2008 453,000
2009 471,000
2010 499,000
2011 471,000
2012 509,000
2013 547,000
2014 590,000
2015 478,000
2016 541,000
2017 491,000
2018 491,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in New Zealand was 0.10 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.24 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.10 in 2006.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 1.24
1962 1.20
1963 1.18
1964 1.15
1965 1.13
1966 1.11
1967 1.09
1968 1.08
1969 1.07
1970 1.05
1971 1.04
1972 1.02
1973 0.98
1974 0.96
1975 0.91
1976 0.89
1977 0.88
1978 0.87
1979 0.86
1980 0.84
1981 0.82
1982 0.81
1983 0.81
1984 0.79
1985 0.78
1986 0.80
1987 0.80
1988 0.77
1989 0.77
1990 0.79
1991 0.67
1992 0.59
1993 0.54
1994 0.47
1995 0.43
1996 0.42
1997 0.41
1998 0.41
1999 0.41
2000 0.39
2001 0.39
2002 0.12
2003 0.10
2004 0.10
2005 0.10
2006 0.10
2007 0.10
2008 0.11
2009 0.11
2010 0.11
2011 0.11
2012 0.12
2013 0.12
2014 0.13
2015 0.10
2016 0.11
2017 0.10
2018 0.10

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in New Zealand was 1.86 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 11.39 in 1961, while its lowest value was 1.52 in 2006.

Definition: Arable land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 11.39
1962 11.36
1963 11.34
1964 11.32
1965 11.32
1966 11.30
1967 11.30
1968 11.28
1969 11.28
1970 11.26
1971 11.24
1972 11.21
1973 11.06
1974 10.97
1975 10.71
1976 10.49
1977 10.39
1978 10.26
1979 10.11
1980 9.94
1981 9.72
1982 9.67
1983 9.82
1984 9.73
1985 9.58
1986 9.82
1987 9.94
1988 9.57
1989 9.62
1990 10.05
1991 8.95
1992 7.88
1993 7.33
1994 6.48
1995 6.00
1996 5.92
1997 5.91
1998 5.91
1999 5.91
2000 5.70
2001 5.70
2002 1.81
2003 1.58
2004 1.60
2005 1.61
2006 1.52
2007 1.64
2008 1.72
2009 1.79
2010 1.90
2011 1.79
2012 1.93
2013 2.08
2014 2.24
2015 1.82
2016 2.05
2017 1.86
2018 1.86

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use