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Net Forest conversion — Area in New Zealand

New Zealand: Net Forest conversion — Area was 0 1000 ha in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0 1000 ha
World rank
97th
of 223 countries
All-time high
1.58 1000 ha
in 1990
All-time low
0 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
36
1990–2025

Net Forest conversion — Area in New Zealand, 1990–2025

00.511.51990200720251990: 1.6 1000 ha1991: 1.6 1000 ha1992: 1.6 1000 ha1993: 1.6 1000 ha1994: 1.6 1000 ha1995: 1.6 1000 ha1996: 1.6 1000 ha1997: 1.6 1000 ha1998: 1.6 1000 ha1999: 1.6 1000 ha2000: 1.6 1000 ha2001: 0.232 1000 ha2002: 0.232 1000 ha2003: 0.232 1000 ha2004: 0.232 1000 ha2005: 0.232 1000 ha2006: 0.232 1000 ha2007: 0.232 1000 ha2008: 0.232 1000 ha2009: 0.232 1000 ha2010: 0.232 1000 ha2011: 0.458 1000 ha2012: 0.458 1000 ha2013: 0.458 1000 ha2014: 0.458 1000 ha2015: 0.458 1000 ha2016: 0 1000 ha2017: 0 1000 ha2018: 0 1000 ha2019: 0 1000 ha2020: 0 1000 ha2021: 0 1000 ha2022: 0 1000 ha2023: 0 1000 ha2024: 0 1000 ha2025: 0 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2025, net forest conversion — area in New Zealand stood at 0 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.

The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, net forest conversion — area in New Zealand peaked at 1.58 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 ha, in 2016.

That places New Zealand 97th out of 223 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Net Forest conversion — Area in New Zealand, year by year

Year 1000 ha Change
1990 1.58 1000 ha —
1991 1.58 1000 ha +0.0%
1992 1.58 1000 ha +0.0%
1993 1.58 1000 ha +0.0%
1994 1.58 1000 ha +0.0%
1995 1.58 1000 ha +0.0%
1996 1.58 1000 ha +0.0%
1997 1.58 1000 ha +0.0%
1998 1.58 1000 ha +0.0%
1999 1.58 1000 ha +0.0%
2000 1.58 1000 ha +0.0%
2001 0.232 1000 ha -85.3%
2002 0.232 1000 ha +0.0%
2003 0.232 1000 ha +0.0%
2004 0.232 1000 ha +0.0%
2005 0.232 1000 ha +0.0%
2006 0.232 1000 ha +0.0%
2007 0.232 1000 ha +0.0%
2008 0.232 1000 ha +0.0%
2009 0.232 1000 ha +0.0%
2010 0.232 1000 ha +0.0%
2011 0.458 1000 ha +97.4%
2012 0.458 1000 ha +0.0%
2013 0.458 1000 ha +0.0%
2014 0.458 1000 ha +0.0%
2015 0.458 1000 ha +0.0%
2016 0 1000 ha -100.0%
2017 0 1000 ha —
2018 0 1000 ha —
2019 0 1000 ha —
2020 0 1000 ha —
2021 0 1000 ha —
2022 0 1000 ha —
2023 0 1000 ha —
2024 0 1000 ha —
2025 0 1000 ha —

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.58 1000 ha 1.58 1000 ha 1.58 1000 ha 10
2000s 0.3671 1000 ha 0.232 1000 ha 1.58 1000 ha 10
2010s 0.2522 1000 ha 0 1000 ha 0.458 1000 ha 10
2020s 0 1000 ha 0 1000 ha 0 1000 ha 6

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 94 Dominica 0.044 1000 ha compare
  2. 95 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.024 1000 ha compare
  3. 96 Jordan 0.004 1000 ha compare
  4. 97 Afghanistan 0 1000 ha
  5. 97 Albania 0 1000 ha compare
  6. 97 American Samoa 0 1000 ha compare
  7. 97 Andorra 0 1000 ha compare
  8. 97 Anguilla 0 1000 ha
  9. 97 Armenia 0 1000 ha compare
  10. 97 Aruba 0 1000 ha
  11. 97 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 1000 ha
  12. 97 Azerbaijan 0 1000 ha compare
  13. 97 Bahamas 0 1000 ha
  14. 97 Bahrain 0 1000 ha
  15. 97 Barbados 0 1000 ha
  16. 97 Belarus 0 1000 ha compare
  17. 97 Belgium 0 1000 ha compare
  18. 97 Bermuda 0 1000 ha
  19. 97 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 1000 ha
  20. 97 Botswana 0 1000 ha
  21. 97 British Virgin Islands 0 1000 ha compare
  22. 97 Burundi 0 1000 ha compare
  23. 97 Cayman Islands 0 1000 ha compare
  24. 97 China 0 1000 ha compare
  25. 97 China, mainland 0 1000 ha compare
  26. 97 Comoros 0 1000 ha compare
  27. 97 Cook Islands 0 1000 ha
  28. 97 Cuba 0 1000 ha compare
  29. 97 Curaçao 0 1000 ha
  30. 97 Czechia 0 1000 ha compare
  31. 97 Denmark 0 1000 ha compare
  32. 97 Djibouti 0 1000 ha
  33. 97 Dominican Republic 0 1000 ha compare
  34. 97 Egypt 0 1000 ha
  35. 97 El Salvador 0 1000 ha compare
  36. 97 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 1000 ha
  37. 97 Faroe Islands 0 1000 ha
  38. 97 Fiji 0 1000 ha
  39. 97 Finland 0 1000 ha compare
  40. 97 France 0 1000 ha
  41. 97 French Polynesia 0 1000 ha
  42. 97 Georgia 0 1000 ha
  43. 97 Germany 0 1000 ha
  44. 97 Ghana 0 1000 ha
  45. 97 Gibraltar 0 1000 ha
  46. 97 Greece 0 1000 ha
  47. 97 Greenland 0 1000 ha
  48. 97 Grenada 0 1000 ha
  49. 97 Guadeloupe 0 1000 ha compare
  50. 97 Guam 0 1000 ha
  51. 97 Haiti 0 1000 ha compare
  52. 97 Holy See 0 1000 ha
  53. 97 Hungary 0 1000 ha compare
  54. 97 Iceland 0 1000 ha
  55. 97 India 0 1000 ha
  56. 97 Indonesia 0 1000 ha compare
  57. 97 Ireland 0 1000 ha compare
  58. 97 Isle of Man 0 1000 ha
  59. 97 Jamaica 0 1000 ha compare
  60. 97 Jersey 0 1000 ha
  61. 97 Kazakhstan 0 1000 ha compare
  62. 97 Kenya 0 1000 ha compare
  63. 97 Kiribati 0 1000 ha
  64. 97 Kuwait 0 1000 ha
  65. 97 Kyrgyzstan 0 1000 ha compare
  66. 97 Latvia 0 1000 ha compare
  67. 97 Lebanon 0 1000 ha
  68. 97 Lesotho 0 1000 ha
  69. 97 Liechtenstein 0 1000 ha
  70. 97 Lithuania 0 1000 ha compare
  71. 97 Luxembourg 0 1000 ha compare
  72. 97 Maldives 0 1000 ha
  73. 97 Malta 0 1000 ha
  74. 97 Marshall Islands 0 1000 ha compare
  75. 97 Martinique 0 1000 ha
  76. 97 Mauritius 0 1000 ha compare
  77. 97 Monaco 0 1000 ha
  78. 97 Mongolia 0 1000 ha compare
  79. 97 Montenegro 0 1000 ha
  80. 97 Montserrat 0 1000 ha compare
  81. 97 Nauru 0 1000 ha
  82. 97 Nepal 0 1000 ha compare
  83. 97 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 1000 ha compare
  84. 97 New Caledonia 0 1000 ha compare
  85. 97 Niue 0 1000 ha compare
  86. 97 Norfolk Island 0 1000 ha
  87. 97 Northern Mariana Islands 0 1000 ha
  88. 97 Oman 0 1000 ha
  89. 97 Pakistan 0 1000 ha compare
  90. 97 Palau 0 1000 ha
  91. 97 Palestine 0 1000 ha
  92. 97 Philippines 0 1000 ha compare
  93. 97 Pitcairn 0 1000 ha
  94. 97 Poland 0 1000 ha
  95. 97 Portugal 0 1000 ha compare
  96. 97 Qatar 0 1000 ha
  97. 97 Réunion 0 1000 ha
  98. 97 Russian Federation 0 1000 ha compare
  99. 97 Rwanda 0 1000 ha compare
  100. 97 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1000 ha
  101. 97 Saint Lucia 0 1000 ha
  102. 97 Saint Martin (French Part) 0 1000 ha
  103. 97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 1000 ha compare
  104. 97 San Marino 0 1000 ha
  105. 97 Sao Tome and Principe 0 1000 ha compare
  106. 97 Saudi Arabia 0 1000 ha
  107. 97 Serbia 0 1000 ha
  108. 97 Serbia and Montenegro 0 1000 ha
  109. 97 Singapore 0 1000 ha compare
  110. 97 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 1000 ha
  111. 97 Slovakia 0 1000 ha compare
  112. 97 South Africa 0 1000 ha
  113. 97 South Sudan 0 1000 ha compare
  114. 97 Spain 0 1000 ha compare
  115. 97 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 1000 ha
  116. 97 Switzerland 0 1000 ha compare
  117. 97 Tajikistan 0 1000 ha
  118. 97 Tokelau 0 1000 ha
  119. 97 Tonga 0 1000 ha
  120. 97 Turkmenistan 0 1000 ha
  121. 97 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 1000 ha
  122. 97 Tuvalu 0 1000 ha
  123. 97 Ukraine 0 1000 ha compare
  124. 97 United Arab Emirates 0 1000 ha
  125. 97 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 1000 ha
  126. 97 United States Virgin Islands 0 1000 ha compare
  127. 97 Uruguay 0 1000 ha
  128. 97 Uzbekistan 0 1000 ha compare
  129. 97 Yemen 0 1000 ha

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Frequently asked questions

What is net forest conversion — area in New Zealand?
Net forest conversion — area in New Zealand was 0 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest net forest conversion — area recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 1.58 1000 ha in 1990.
What is the lowest net forest conversion — area recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha in 2016.
How does New Zealand rank for net forest conversion — area?
New Zealand ranks 97th out of 223 countries with data for 2025.
Is net forest conversion — area rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Net Forest conversion — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Net Forest conversion — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
275 places, 9,600 data points, 1990–2025
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).