Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in New Zealand
New Zealand: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita was 0.0003 million t per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in New Zealand, 1990–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million t per person.
Analysis
In 2025, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in New Zealand stood at 0.0003 million t per person. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in New Zealand peaked at 0.0004 million t per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0003 million t per person, in 2025.
That places New Zealand 16th out of 200 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | million t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0004 million t per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.0004 million t per person | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0004 million t per person | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0004 million t per person | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0004 million t per person | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0004 million t per person | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0004 million t per person | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0004 million t per person | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0004 million t per person | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0004 million t per person | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0004 million t per person | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0004 million t per person | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0004 million t per person | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0004 million t per person | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0004 million t per person | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0003 million t per person | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0003 million t per person | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0003 million t per person | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0003 million t per person | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0003 million t per person | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0003 million t per person | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0003 million t per person | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0003 million t per person | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0003 million t per person | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0003 million t per person | -1.6% |
| 2025 | 0.0003 million t per person | -0.5% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.0003 million t per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0 million t per person, 16.8× the median. (78 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.0003 million t per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0 million t per person, 8.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0004 million t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0003 million t per person | 0.0004 million t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 million t per person | 0.0003 million t per person | 0.0003 million t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0003 million t per person | 0.0003 million t per person | 0.0003 million t per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More climate change data for New Zealand
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 113.13 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 46,323 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,983 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 34,340 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 45.22 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,226 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 694.4 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 691.2 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3.2 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.61 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in New Zealand?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in New Zealand was 0.0003 million t per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0004 million t per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0003 million t per person in 2025.
- How does New Zealand rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 16th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.