Forest area in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Forest area was 892,610 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in New Caledonia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 892,610 hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in New Caledonia peaked at 892,610 hectares in 2015 and was at its lowest, 831,130 hectares, in 1990.
That places New Caledonia 131st out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 834,154 hectares | 831,130 hectares | 837,178 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 838,376 hectares | 837,850 hectares | 838,903 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 876,533 hectares | 839,020 hectares | 892,610 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 892,610 hectares | 892,610 hectares | 892,610 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 128 Mauritania 1.02 million hectares compare
- 129 Albania 941,000 hectares compare
- 130 Vanuatu 907,440 hectares compare
- 133 Montenegro 827,000 hectares compare
- 134 Iraq 692,550 hectares compare
More environment data for New Caledonia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 5.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 18.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.1342 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0058 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1974 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0027 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0495 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in New Caledonia?
- Forest area in New Caledonia was 892,610 hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest forest area recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 892,610 hectares in 2015.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 831,130 hectares in 1990.
- How does New Caledonia rank for forest area?
- New Caledonia ranks 131st out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.