Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand
New Zealand: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 7,640 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 7,640 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in New Zealand peaked at 7,928 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 7,612 1000 ha, in 2019.
That places New Zealand 58th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7,927 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 7,928 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 7,928 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 7,879 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 7,884 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 7,884 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 7,863 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 7,810 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 7,745 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 7,741 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 7,751 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 7,760 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 7,756 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 7,763 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 7,768 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 7,774 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 7,771 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 7,753 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 7,721 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 7,705 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 7,673 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 7,647 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 7,644 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 7,644 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7,620 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 7,616 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 7,617 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7,612 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 7,617 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 7,625 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 7,640 1000 ha | +0.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 7,640 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419.21 1000 ha, 18.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 7,640 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,253 1000 ha, 6.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,888 1000 ha | 7,810 1000 ha | 7,928 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 7,758 1000 ha | 7,741 1000 ha | 7,774 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,650 1000 ha | 7,612 1000 ha | 7,721 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,627 1000 ha | 7,617 1000 ha | 7,640 1000 ha | 3 |
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)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0.1365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.474 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.9337 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in New Zealand?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in New Zealand was 7,640 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 7,928 1000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,612 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does New Zealand rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- New Zealand ranks 58th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this 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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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.