New Caledonia
Forest area in New Caledonia
Forest area in New Caledonia: 45.5% in 1990 and 48.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 48.1%
- Since 1990
- +2.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 62 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- The highest was 48.8% in 2015, the lowest 45.5% in 1990.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | New Caledonia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48.1 | – |
| 2023 | 48.1 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 48.1 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 48.1 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 48.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 48.8 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 48.8 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 48.8 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 48.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 48.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 48.2 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 47.7 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 47.1 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 46.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 45.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 45.9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 45.9 | 32 |
| 2007 | 45.9 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 45.9 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 45.9 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 45.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 45.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 45.9 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 45.8 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 45.8 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 45.8 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 45.8 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 45.7 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 45.7 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 45.7 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 45.6 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 45.6 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 45.5 | 33 |
| 1991 | 45.5 | – |
| 1990 | 45.5 | – |
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
New Caledonia in numbers
Every measure for New Caledonia on one page