Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 84,171 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
84,171 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
7th
of 224 countries
All-time high
84,497 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
83,160 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand, 1992–2022

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k1992200720221992: 84.5k 1000 ha1993: 84.5k 1000 ha1994: 84.5k 1000 ha1995: 84.1k 1000 ha1996: 84.2k 1000 ha1997: 84.3k 1000 ha1998: 84.3k 1000 ha1999: 84.1k 1000 ha2000: 83.8k 1000 ha2001: 83.3k 1000 ha2002: 83.2k 1000 ha2003: 83.2k 1000 ha2004: 83.3k 1000 ha2005: 83.4k 1000 ha2006: 83.5k 1000 ha2007: 83.6k 1000 ha2008: 83.6k 1000 ha2009: 83.7k 1000 ha2010: 83.4k 1000 ha2011: 83.2k 1000 ha2012: 83.2k 1000 ha2013: 83.2k 1000 ha2014: 83.2k 1000 ha2015: 83.2k 1000 ha2016: 83.2k 1000 ha2017: 83.2k 1000 ha2018: 83.4k 1000 ha2019: 84.0k 1000 ha2020: 84.2k 1000 ha2021: 84.2k 1000 ha2022: 84.2k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Australia and New Zealand recorded 84,171 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

That represents a change of up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 84,497 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 83,160 1000 ha, in 2015.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 7th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 84,497 1000 ha
1993 84,496 1000 ha -0.0%
1994 84,496 1000 ha -0.0%
1995 84,062 1000 ha -0.5%
1996 84,250 1000 ha +0.2%
1997 84,323 1000 ha +0.1%
1998 84,311 1000 ha -0.0%
1999 84,119 1000 ha -0.2%
2000 83,847 1000 ha -0.3%
2001 83,253 1000 ha -0.7%
2002 83,224 1000 ha -0.0%
2003 83,228 1000 ha +0.0%
2004 83,341 1000 ha +0.1%
2005 83,425 1000 ha +0.1%
2006 83,537 1000 ha +0.1%
2007 83,555 1000 ha +0.0%
2008 83,569 1000 ha +0.0%
2009 83,655 1000 ha +0.1%
2010 83,406 1000 ha -0.3%
2011 83,230 1000 ha -0.2%
2012 83,180 1000 ha -0.1%
2013 83,200 1000 ha +0.0%
2014 83,161 1000 ha -0.0%
2015 83,160 1000 ha -0.0%
2016 83,178 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 83,218 1000 ha +0.0%
2018 83,438 1000 ha +0.3%
2019 84,047 1000 ha +0.7%
2020 84,232 1000 ha +0.2%
2021 84,166 1000 ha -0.1%
2022 84,171 1000 ha +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 84,319 1000 ha 84,062 1000 ha 84,497 1000 ha 8
2000s 83,463 1000 ha 83,224 1000 ha 83,847 1000 ha 10
2010s 83,322 1000 ha 83,160 1000 ha 84,047 1000 ha 10
2020s 84,190 1000 ha 84,166 1000 ha 84,232 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 4 China 188,821 1000 ha compare
  2. 5 China, mainland 186,559 1000 ha compare
  3. 6 Indonesia 117,641 1000 ha compare
  4. 8 Peru 81,843 1000 ha compare
  5. 9 Australia 76,530 1000 ha compare
  6. 10 Colombia 74,493 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand?
Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand was 84,171 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 84,497 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 83,160 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 7th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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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.