Industries · Agriculture & farming · New Zealand · Friday, 13 November 2026

Agriculture & farming in New Zealand

What people here follow in this industry today, what they spend on it and what it costs, from public data.

Agriculture & farming

Fonterra Rising Low confidence
New Zealand company
Business & economy · Google Trends · 100+ searches
In the news: Fonterra to close its last ethanol plant (Stuff)
- Fonterra submission: DIRA review Terms of Reference (Fonterra)

In the news here

0.8% of the news here today · 0.6× its usual share

Cost of living
0.6% of the news
Climate
1.6% of the news

The numbers

Food and drinks

How pricey it is against the world (World average = 100): 140.0 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021
What households spend per person (US$ per person a year): US$3,640 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021

How big the sector is

Share of the economy · agriculture: 4.0% 2023 · World Bank
Share of jobs · agriculture: 5.4% 2025 · World Bank (ILO estimate)

Spending and price levels are the World Bank’s latest benchmark (ICP 2021); price rises are the latest month from the OECD and Eurostat. Whole spending categories, not single products.

What we can and can’t see

1 topic people read, search, watch or download
What households spend per person
How pricey it is against the world
The sector’s share of the economy
The sector’s share of jobs
Related issues in the news

We can’t see sales, the price of single products, company figures or what people buy in shops.

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Pulse

Pulse: what readers say

Over the next year, do you think agriculture & farming will grow, stay the same or shrink where you live?

Readers who answered, not a representative sample.

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