Forest area in New Zealand

Forest area in New Zealand: 35.6% in 1990 and 38.9% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 38.9%
Since 1990: +3.3 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 83 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	New Zealand	World
2024	38.9	–
2023	38.6	31.1
2022	38.4	31.1
2021	38.1	31.2
2020	37.9	31.2
2019	37.8	31.2
2018	37.7	31.3
2017	37.6	31.3
2016	37.5	31.3
2015	37.4	31.4
2014	37.4	31.4
2013	37.4	31.4
2012	37.4	31.5
2011	37.4	31.9
2010	37.4	32
2009	37.4	32
2008	37.4	32
2007	37.4	32.1
2006	37.4	32.1
2005	37.4	32.1
2004	37.4	32.2
2003	37.4	32.3
2002	37.4	32.3
2001	37.4	32.3
2000	37.4	32.4
1999	37.2	32.5
1998	37.1	32.5
1997	36.9	32.6
1996	36.7	32.7
1995	36.5	32.7
1994	36.3	32.8
1993	36.1	32.8
1992	36	33
1991	35.8	–
1990	35.6	–

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.

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