What is the difference in forest certified for sustainable use between Italy and New Zealand?

36,450 thousands of hectares, with New Zealand ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and New Zealand?

14 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data, published as Forest certified for sustainable use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs New Zealand: Forest certified for sustainable use

Italy

1.04 million thousands of hectares

in 2024

New Zealand

1.08 million thousands of hectares

in 2024

Italy rank

39th

New Zealand rank

37th

Forest certified for sustainable use over time

Italy
New Zealand

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 1.08 million thousands of hectares against 1.04 million thousands of hectares in Italy, a difference of 36,450 thousands of hectares.

Across all 14 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 39th and New Zealand ranks 37th of 246 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0 thousands of hectares	0 thousands of hectares	0 thousands of hectares	—
2000s	320,420 thousands of hectares	460,905 thousands of hectares	140,485 thousands of hectares	New Zealand
2010s	784,857 thousands of hectares	1.24 million thousands of hectares	456,117 thousands of hectares	New Zealand
2020s	958,880 thousands of hectares	1.28 million thousands of hectares	321,552 thousands of hectares	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest certified for sustainable use, Italy or New Zealand?: New Zealand, at 1.08 million thousands of hectares against 1.04 million thousands of hectares in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in forest certified for sustainable use between Italy and New Zealand?: 36,450 thousands of hectares, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and New Zealand?: 14 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Italy and New Zealand rank globally for forest certified for sustainable use?: Italy ranks 39th and New Zealand ranks 37th of 246 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data, published as Forest certified for sustainable use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Italy vs New Zealand: Forest certified for sustainable use. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/proportion-of-forest-area-certified-under-an-independently-verified-certification-scheme/italy/new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/proportion-of-forest-area-certified-under-an-independently-verified-certification-scheme/italy/new-zealand/">Italy vs New Zealand: Forest certified for sustainable use</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Forest certified for sustainable use
Unit: thousands of hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 246 places, 3,444 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Forest area certified under an independently verified certification scheme (thousands of hectares).