Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land was 96.88 % in 2025. ▬ Flat
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Australia and New Zealand, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Australia and New Zealand stood at 96.88 %. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 98.23 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 96.88 %, in 2025.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 95th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 98.23 % | — |
| 1991 | 98.16 % | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 98.09 % | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 98.02 % | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 97.95 % | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 97.88 % | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 97.82 % | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 97.75 % | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 97.68 % | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 97.61 % | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 97.54 % | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 97.48 % | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 97.42 % | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 97.36 % | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 97.3 % | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 97.23 % | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 97.17 % | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 97.11 % | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 97.05 % | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 96.99 % | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 96.92 % | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 96.93 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 96.94 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 96.95 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 96.96 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 96.97 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 96.99 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 97.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 97.03 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 97.04 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 97.06 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 97.02 % | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 96.99 % | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 96.95 % | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 96.91 % | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 96.88 % | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 97.92 % | 97.61 % | 98.23 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 97.27 % | 96.99 % | 97.54 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.97 % | 96.92 % | 97.04 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.97 % | 96.88 % | 97.06 % | 6 |
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More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 187.5 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,787 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 1.01 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Australia and New Zealand?
- Naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Australia and New Zealand was 96.88 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 98.23 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.88 % in 2025.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 95th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.