Australia vs New Zealand: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported
Australia
54,094 hectares
in 2025
New Zealand
67,548 hectares
in 2025
Australia rank
10th
New Zealand rank
8th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported over time
- Australia
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 67,548 hectares against 54,094 hectares in Australia, a difference of 13,454 hectares.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was New Zealand ahead.
Australia ranks 10th and New Zealand ranks 8th of 235 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -166,736 hectares | 47,817 hectares | 214,553 hectares | New Zealand |
| 2000s | -172,928 hectares | 4,573 hectares | 177,501 hectares | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 178,965 hectares | 9,320 hectares | 169,645 hectares | Australia |
| 2020s | 71,198 hectares | 60,246 hectares | 10,953 hectares | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods, Australia or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 67,548 hectares against 54,094 hectares in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods between Australia and New Zealand?
- 13,454 hectares, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- Australia ranks 10th and New Zealand ranks 8th of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.