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New Zealand - Forest Area 2019

Name: New Zealand Forest Area 2019
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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

37.47% +0.04% from 2018 Global rank: 81st

New Zealand's forest area was 37.47% in 2019, increased +0.04% from 37.43% in 2018. This was the 81st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Forest Area by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Suriname	94.75%	-0.1%
2nd	Guyana	93.60%	0.0%
3rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	91.99%	0.0%
4th	Gabon	91.37%	-0.1%
5th	Solomon Islands	90.16%	0.0%
6th	Palau	89.85%	0.2%
7th	Equatorial Guinea	87.59%	-0.3%
8th	American Samoa	85.80%	-0.2%
9th	Liberia	79.40%	-0.4%
10th	Papua New Guinea	79.25%	-0.1%
11th	Finland	73.73%	0.0%
12th	Seychelles	73.26%	0.0%
13th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	73.18%	0.0%
14th	Brunei Darussalam	72.11%	0.0%
15th	Lao PDR	72.05%	-0.2%
16th	Bhutan	71.39%	0.1%
17th	Guinea-Bissau	70.71%	-0.4%
18th	Sweden	68.70%	0.0%
19th	Japan	68.41%	0.0%
20th	Korea	64.52%	-0.2%
21st	Congo, Republic of	64.31%	-0.1%
22nd	Dominica	63.83%	0.0%
23rd	Timor-Leste	62.04%	-0.2%
24th	Fiji	62.03%	0.6%
25th	Slovenia	61.57%	-0.2%
26th	Montenegro	61.49%	0.0%
27th	Zambia	60.54%	-0.4%
28th	Brazil	59.56%	-0.3%
29th	Costa Rica	59.12%	0.5%
30th	Malaysia	58.33%	-0.3%
31st	Samoa	58.33%	-0.3%
32nd	Estonia	57.04%	0.0%
33rd	Honduras	57.02%	-0.3%
34th	Panama	56.96%	-0.3%
35th	Peru	56.64%	-0.2%
36th	Belize	56.48%	-0.9%
37th	Virgin Islands (US)	56.46%	0.8%
38th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	56.13%	-0.9%
39th	Puerto Rico (US)	55.90%	0.1%
40th	Jamaica	54.76%	0.7%
41st	Latvia	54.75%	0.1%
42nd	São Tomé and Principe	54.71%	-1.2%
43rd	Angola	53.87%	-0.8%
44th	Colombia	53.48%	-0.3%
45th	Cayman Islands	53.00%	-0.7%
46th	Northern Mariana Islands	52.96%	0.0%
47th	Marshall Islands	52.22%	0.0%
48th	Tanzania	52.17%	-1.0%
49th	Grenada	52.06%	0.0%
50th	Guam	51.85%	0.0%
51st	Bahamas, The	50.94%	0.0%
52nd	Ecuador	50.58%	-0.5%
53rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	50.25%	-0.4%
54th	Russian Federation	49.78%	0.0%
55th	Indonesia	49.39%	-0.6%
56th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	47.11%	-0.4%
57th	Austria	47.10%	-0.1%
58th	Mozambique	47.01%	-0.7%
59th	Cambodia	46.59%	-1.9%
60th	Viet Nam	46.48%	0.5%
61st	New Caledonia	45.85%	0.0%
62nd	Zimbabwe	45.21%	-0.3%
63rd	Trinidad and Tobago	44.56%	-0.2%
64th	Dominican Republic	44.32%	0.6%
65th	Myanmar	44.18%	-1.0%
66th	Cameroon	43.15%	-0.3%
67th	Belarus	43.13%	0.2%
68th	French Polynesia	43.06%	0.0%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.73%	0.0%
70th	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.31%	0.0%
71st	Senegal	42.11%	-0.5%
72nd	Liechtenstein	41.88%	0.0%
73rd	Nepal	41.59%	0.0%
74th	Paraguay	41.23%	-1.7%
75th	Georgia	40.62%	0.0%
76th	Slovak Republic	40.06%	0.0%
77th	European Union	39.79%	0.1%
78th	North Macedonia	39.71%	0.0%
79th	Thailand	38.97%	-0.2%
80th	Canada	38.70%	0.0%
81st	New Zealand	37.47%	0.1%
82nd	Spain	37.17%	0.0%
83rd	Vanuatu	36.28%	0.0%
84th	Portugal	36.15%	0.0%
85th	Central African Republic	35.85%	-0.1%
86th	Bulgaria	35.74%	0.3%
87th	Sierra Leone	35.39%	-0.8%
88th	Lithuania	35.13%	0.1%
89th	Ghana	35.07%	0.1%
90th	Czechia	34.65%	0.1%
91st	Croatia	34.60%	0.1%
92nd	Luxembourg	34.45%	0.0%
93rd	Sri Lanka	34.21%	-0.1%
94th	St. Lucia	34.05%	0.0%
95th	Andorra	34.04%	0.0%
96th	United States	33.87%	0.0%
97th	Mexico	33.86%	-0.2%
98th	Norway	33.34%	0.1%
99th	Tuvalu	33.33%	0.0%
100th	Guatemala	33.03%	-0.3%
101st	Germany	32.68%	0.0%
102nd	Italy	32.17%	0.6%
103rd	Switzerland	32.03%	0.3%
104th	France	31.86%	0.5%
105th	Cuba	31.23%	0.0%
106th	Serbia	31.13%	0.0%
107th	Poland	30.94%	0.1%
108th	Greece	30.27%	0.0%
109th	Romania	30.12%	0.0%
110th	Nicaragua	29.15%	-2.8%
111th	Eswatini	28.86%	0.2%
112th	Albania	28.79%	0.0%
113th	Türkiye	28.67%	0.7%
114th	El Salvador	28.40%	-0.8%
115th	Benin	28.25%	-1.5%
116th	Botswana	27.13%	-0.8%
117th	Guinea	25.35%	-0.6%
118th	St. Martin (French part)	24.80%	0.0%
119th	Gambia, The	24.55%	-2.3%
120th	Chile	24.35%	0.6%
121st	Malawi	24.22%	-1.8%
122nd	India	24.18%	0.4%
123rd	British Virgin Islands	24.13%	0.0%
124th	Philippines	23.99%	0.5%
125th	Nigeria	23.93%	-0.7%
126th	China	23.23%	0.9%
127th	Burkina Faso	22.90%	-0.8%
128th	Belgium	22.60%	0.0%
129th	Hungary	22.51%	-0.1%
130th	Togo	22.29%	-0.2%
131st	Singapore	22.00%	-1.4%
132nd	Madagascar	21.39%	-0.1%
133rd	Mauritius	19.39%	0.1%
134th	Cyprus	18.67%	0.0%
135th	Antigua and Barbuda	18.59%	-0.8%
136th	Bermuda	18.52%	0.0%
137th	Comoros	17.93%	-1.3%
138th	Australia	17.42%	0.0%
139th	Ukraine	16.71%	0.1%
140th	San Marino	16.67%	0.0%
141st	Denmark	15.69%	0.2%
142nd	Barbados	14.65%	0.0%
143rd	Bangladesh	14.47%	0.0%
144th	South Africa	14.09%	-0.2%
145th	Lebanon	13.95%	0.4%
146th	Azerbaijan	13.55%	1.0%
147th	United Kingdom	13.15%	0.3%
148th	Morocco	12.84%	0.2%
149th	Haiti	12.71%	-0.9%
150th	Tonga	12.43%	0.0%
151st	Uganda	11.86%	-1.7%
152nd	Moldova	11.75%	0.0%
153rd	Armenia	11.54%	-0.1%
154th	Uruguay	11.48%	1.1%
155th	South Sudan	11.33%	0.0%
156th	Ireland	11.29%	0.5%
157th	Cabo Verde	11.27%	0.7%
158th	Rwanda	11.15%	0.4%
159th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.07%	0.0%
160th	Netherlands	10.95%	0.3%
161st	Mali	10.90%	0.0%
162nd	Burundi	10.89%	0.0%
163rd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	10.88%	0.0%
164th	Argentina	10.48%	-0.4%
165th	Sudan	9.92%	-0.9%
166th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	9.65%	-1.3%
167th	Côte d'Ivoire	9.28%	-3.7%
168th	Mongolia	9.10%	0.0%
169th	Turkmenistan	8.78%	0.0%
170th	Eritrea	8.74%	-0.3%
171st	Uzbekistan	8.32%	0.7%
172nd	Namibia	8.15%	-1.0%
173rd	Kyrgyz Republic	6.76%	1.4%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	6.62%	0.1%
175th	Israel	6.47%	0.0%
176th	Kenya	6.24%	-0.3%
177th	Isle of Man	6.07%	0.0%
178th	Channel Islands	5.15%	0.0%
179th	Pakistan	4.89%	-1.1%
180th	Tunisia	4.51%	0.2%
181st	United Arab Emirates	4.47%	0.0%
182nd	Chad	3.51%	-2.5%
183rd	Tajikistan	3.05%	0.2%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	2.84%	0.0%
185th	Maldives	2.73%	0.0%
186th	Aruba	2.33%	0.0%
187th	Iraq	1.90%	0.0%
188th	Afghanistan	1.85%	0.0%
189th	West Bank and Gaza	1.68%	0.0%
190th	Kiribati	1.46%	0.0%
191st	Malta	1.44%	0.0%
192nd	Kazakhstan	1.27%	0.9%
193rd	Lesotho	1.14%	0.0%
194th	Jordan	1.10%	0.0%
195th	Yemen, Republic of	1.04%	0.0%
196th	Bahrain	0.87%	2.8%
197th	Niger	0.86%	-1.1%
198th	Algeria	0.81%	0.5%
199th	Iceland	0.50%	1.3%
200th	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	0.0%
201st	Kuwait	0.35%	0.0%
202nd	Mauritania	0.31%	-1.7%
203rd	Djibouti	0.25%	1.1%
204th	Curaçao	0.16%	0.0%
205th	Libya	0.12%	0.0%
206th	Faroe Islands	0.06%	0.0%
207th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.05%	0.0%
208th	Oman	0.01%	-3.8%
209th	Greenland	0.00%	0.0%
210th	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
211th	Monaco	0.00%	-
212th	Nauru	0.00%	-
213th	Qatar	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was New Zealand's forest area in 2019?▾

New Zealand's forest area in 2019 was 37.47%. This ranked 81st globally.

How did New Zealand's forest area change in 2019?▾

New Zealand's forest area increased by 0.1% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest forest area in 2019?▾

Suriname had the highest forest area in 2019 at 94.75%.

What is the forest area of New Zealand in 2019?▾

The forest area of New Zealand in 2019 was 37.47%. This ranked 81st globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for New Zealand's forest area?▾

New Zealand's forest area went from 37.43% in 2018 to 37.47% in 2019, a 0.1% increase.

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