Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in New Zealand
New Zealand: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre was 0.0058 million t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in New Zealand, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million t per square kilometre.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 0.0058 million t per square kilometre for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in New Zealand peaked at 0.0058 million t per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0051 million t per square kilometre, in 1990.
New Zealand ranks 29th of 200 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | million t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0051 million t per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0052 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0052 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0052 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0052 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0053 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0053 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0053 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0053 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0053 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0054 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0054 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0054 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0054 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0054 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0055 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0055 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0055 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0055 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0056 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0056 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0056 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0056 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0056 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0057 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0057 million t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0057 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0057 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0057 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | +0.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.0058 million t per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0025 million t per square kilometre, 2.3× the median. (78 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.0058 million t per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0041 million t per square kilometre, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0052 million t per square kilometre | 0.0051 million t per square kilometre | 0.0053 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0055 million t per square kilometre | 0.0054 million t per square kilometre | 0.0056 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0057 million t per square kilometre | 0.0056 million t per square kilometre | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 26 Brazil 0.0062 million t per square kilometre compare
- 27 Indonesia 0.0059 million t per square kilometre compare
- 28 Cameroon 0.0058 million t per square kilometre compare
- 30 Japan 0.0056 million t per square kilometre compare
- 31 Ecuador 0.0055 million t per square kilometre compare
- 32 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0054 million t per square kilometre compare
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 square kilometre in New Zealand?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in New Zealand was 0.0058 million t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0058 million t per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0051 million t per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does New Zealand rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
- New Zealand ranks 29th out of 200 countries with data for 2023.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.