Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in New Zealand
New Zealand: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 168.08 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in New Zealand, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 168.08 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in New Zealand peaked at 363.34 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 145.28 1000 ha, in 2013.
That places New Zealand 43rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 363.34 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 219.3 1000 ha | -39.6% |
| 2003 | 189.47 1000 ha | -13.6% |
| 2004 | 179.69 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 158.82 1000 ha | -11.6% |
| 2006 | 152.93 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 155.45 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 153.02 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 149.58 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 151.08 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 149.41 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 150.4 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 145.28 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 146.86 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 156.77 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 169.3 1000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 169.54 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 169.39 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 173.97 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 180.78 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 176.52 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 160.39 1000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 164.15 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 168.08 1000 ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 191.29 1000 ha | 149.58 1000 ha | 363.34 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 158.2 1000 ha | 145.28 1000 ha | 173.97 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 169.98 1000 ha | 160.39 1000 ha | 180.78 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More environment data for New Zealand
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2131 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 15.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0722 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 4.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in New Zealand?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in New Zealand was 168.08 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 363.34 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 145.28 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does New Zealand rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- New Zealand ranks 43rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.