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New Zealand - Forest Area 2022

Name: New Zealand Forest Area 2022
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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

37.72% +0.09% from 2021 Global rank: 81st

New Zealand's forest area was 37.72% in 2022, increased +0.09% from 37.63% in 2021. This was the 81st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2022▾

Forest Area by Country - 2022
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Suriname	94.52%	-0.1%
2nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	92.11%	0.0%
3rd	Gabon	91.23%	-0.1%
4th	Palau	90.37%	0.2%
5th	Solomon Islands	90.09%	0.0%
6th	Guyana	87.13%	0.0%
7th	Equatorial Guinea	86.69%	-0.3%
8th	American Samoa	85.35%	-0.2%
9th	Papua New Guinea	79.03%	-0.1%
10th	Liberia	78.46%	-0.4%
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	71.61%	-0.2%
16th	Bhutan	71.55%	0.1%
17th	Guinea-Bissau	69.81%	-0.4%
18th	Sweden	68.70%	0.0%
19th	Japan	68.41%	0.0%
20th	Korea	64.21%	-0.2%
21st	Congo, Republic of	64.18%	-0.1%
22nd	Dominica	63.83%	0.0%
23rd	Fiji	63.13%	0.6%
24th	Timor-Leste	61.76%	-0.2%
25th	Montenegro	61.49%	0.0%
26th	Slovenia	61.27%	-0.2%
27th	Costa Rica	60.08%	0.5%
28th	Zambia	59.78%	-0.4%
29th	Brazil	59.13%	-0.2%
30th	Malaysia	57.87%	-0.3%
31st	Samoa	57.81%	-0.3%
32nd	Virgin Islands (US)	57.74%	0.7%
33rd	Estonia	57.07%	0.0%
34th	Panama	56.50%	-0.3%
35th	Honduras	56.46%	-0.3%
36th	Peru	56.24%	-0.2%
37th	Puerto Rico (US)	56.07%	0.1%
38th	Jamaica	55.83%	0.6%
39th	Belize	55.01%	-0.9%
40th	Latvia	54.93%	0.1%
41st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	54.68%	-0.9%
42nd	Northern Mariana Islands	52.96%	0.0%
43rd	Colombia	52.95%	-0.3%
44th	São Tomé and Principe	52.77%	-1.2%
45th	Cayman Islands	52.67%	-0.2%
46th	Angola	52.54%	-0.8%
47th	Marshall Islands	52.22%	0.0%
48th	Grenada	52.06%	0.0%
49th	Guam	51.85%	0.0%
50th	Bahamas, The	50.94%	0.0%
51st	Tanzania	50.58%	-1.0%
52nd	Ecuador	49.80%	-0.5%
53rd	Russian Federation	49.78%	0.0%
54th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	49.73%	-0.3%
55th	Indonesia	48.04%	-0.7%
56th	Austria	47.21%	0.1%
57th	Viet Nam	47.20%	0.5%
58th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	46.54%	-0.4%
59th	Mozambique	46.12%	-0.6%
60th	New Caledonia	45.83%	0.0%
61st	Zimbabwe	44.86%	-0.3%
62nd	Dominican Republic	44.82%	0.4%
63rd	Trinidad and Tobago	44.32%	-0.2%
64th	Cambodia	43.94%	-2.0%
65th	Belarus	43.34%	0.1%
66th	French Polynesia	43.06%	0.0%
67th	Myanmar	42.85%	-1.0%
68th	Cameroon	42.79%	-0.3%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.73%	0.0%
70th	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.31%	0.0%
71st	Liechtenstein	41.88%	0.0%
72nd	Nepal	41.59%	0.0%
73rd	Senegal	41.49%	-0.5%
74th	Georgia	40.62%	0.0%
75th	Slovak Republic	40.06%	0.0%
76th	European Union	39.93%	0.1%
77th	North Macedonia	39.71%	0.0%
78th	Canada	39.47%	0.0%
79th	Paraguay	39.25%	-1.4%
80th	Thailand	38.76%	-0.2%
81st	New Zealand	37.72%	0.2%
82nd	Spain	37.18%	0.0%
83rd	Vanuatu	36.28%	0.0%
84th	Portugal	36.15%	0.0%
85th	Bulgaria	36.10%	0.3%
86th	Central African Republic	35.70%	-0.1%
87th	Lithuania	35.20%	0.1%
88th	Ghana	35.16%	0.1%
89th	Croatia	34.74%	0.1%
90th	Czechia	34.74%	0.1%
91st	Sierra Leone	34.57%	-0.8%
92nd	Luxembourg	34.45%	0.0%
93rd	Sri Lanka	34.06%	-0.1%
94th	St. Lucia	34.05%	0.0%
95th	Andorra	34.04%	0.0%
96th	United States	33.87%	0.0%
97th	Mexico	33.66%	-0.2%
98th	Norway	33.48%	0.1%
99th	Tuvalu	33.33%	0.0%
100th	Italy	32.71%	0.6%
101st	Guatemala	32.70%	-0.3%
102nd	Germany	32.69%	0.0%
103rd	Serbia	32.39%	0.0%
104th	France	32.32%	0.5%
105th	Switzerland	32.30%	0.3%
106th	Cuba	31.23%	0.0%
107th	Poland	31.06%	0.1%
108th	Greece	30.27%	0.0%
109th	Romania	30.12%	0.0%
110th	Türkiye	29.28%	0.7%
111th	Eswatini	29.07%	0.2%
112th	Albania	28.79%	0.0%
113th	El Salvador	27.75%	-0.8%
114th	Benin	26.92%	-1.6%
115th	Nicaragua	26.65%	-3.0%
116th	Botswana	26.50%	-0.8%
117th	Guinea	24.86%	-0.7%
118th	Chile	24.85%	0.7%
119th	St. Martin (French part)	24.80%	0.0%
120th	India	24.45%	0.4%
121st	Philippines	24.34%	0.5%
122nd	British Virgin Islands	24.13%	0.0%
123rd	China	23.83%	0.8%
124th	Nigeria	23.39%	-0.8%
125th	Malawi	22.89%	-1.9%
126th	Gambia, The	22.85%	-2.4%
127th	Belgium	22.60%	0.0%
128th	Hungary	22.46%	-0.1%
129th	Burkina Faso	22.36%	-0.8%
130th	Togo	22.12%	-0.2%
131st	Madagascar	21.32%	-0.1%
132nd	Singapore	21.18%	-1.2%
133rd	Mauritius	19.45%	0.1%
134th	Cyprus	18.67%	0.0%
135th	Bermuda	18.52%	0.0%
136th	Antigua and Barbuda	18.16%	-0.8%
137th	Australia	17.42%	0.0%
138th	Comoros	17.22%	-1.4%
139th	Ukraine	16.74%	0.1%
140th	San Marino	16.67%	0.0%
141st	Denmark	15.76%	0.1%
142nd	Barbados	14.65%	0.0%
143rd	Bangladesh	14.46%	-0.1%
144th	Lebanon	14.13%	0.4%
145th	South Africa	14.00%	-0.2%
146th	Azerbaijan	13.97%	1.0%
147th	United Kingdom	13.26%	0.3%
148th	Morocco	12.91%	0.2%
149th	Tonga	12.43%	0.0%
150th	Haiti	12.38%	-0.9%
151st	Uruguay	11.84%	1.0%
152nd	Moldova	11.75%	0.0%
153rd	Armenia	11.63%	-0.1%
154th	Cabo Verde	11.49%	0.7%
155th	Ireland	11.47%	0.5%
156th	South Sudan	11.33%	0.0%
157th	Rwanda	11.27%	0.4%
158th	Uganda	11.25%	-1.8%
159th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.07%	0.0%
160th	Netherlands	11.03%	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	10.36%	-0.4%
165th	Sudan	9.64%	-0.9%
166th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	9.29%	-1.3%
167th	Mongolia	9.10%	0.0%
168th	Turkmenistan	8.78%	0.0%
169th	Eritrea	8.66%	-0.3%
170th	Uzbekistan	8.49%	0.7%
171st	Côte d'Ivoire	8.21%	-4.1%
172nd	Namibia	7.89%	-1.1%
173rd	Kyrgyz Republic	7.05%	1.4%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	6.64%	0.1%
175th	Israel	6.47%	0.0%
176th	Kenya	6.22%	0.0%
177th	Isle of Man	6.07%	0.0%
178th	Pakistan	4.73%	-1.1%
179th	Tunisia	4.54%	0.2%
180th	United Arab Emirates	4.47%	0.0%
181st	Chad	3.25%	-2.6%
182nd	Tajikistan	3.07%	0.2%
183rd	Syrian Arab Republic	2.84%	0.0%
184th	Maldives	2.73%	0.0%
185th	Aruba	2.33%	0.0%
186th	Iraq	1.90%	0.0%
187th	Afghanistan	1.85%	0.0%
188th	West Bank and Gaza	1.68%	0.0%
189th	Kiribati	1.46%	0.0%
190th	Malta	1.44%	0.0%
191st	Kazakhstan	1.30%	0.8%
192nd	Lesotho	1.14%	0.0%
193rd	Jordan	1.10%	0.0%
194th	Yemen, Republic of	1.04%	0.0%
195th	Bahrain	0.94%	2.8%
196th	Niger	0.83%	-1.2%
197th	Algeria	0.83%	0.5%
198th	Iceland	0.52%	1.3%
199th	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	0.0%
200th	Kuwait	0.35%	0.0%
201st	Mauritania	0.29%	-1.8%
202nd	Djibouti	0.26%	1.6%
203rd	Curaçao	0.16%	0.0%
204th	Libya	0.12%	0.0%
205th	Faroe Islands	0.06%	0.0%
206th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.05%	0.0%
207th	Oman	0.01%	-0.9%
208th	Greenland	0.00%	0.0%
209th	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
210th	Monaco	0.00%	-
211th	Nauru	0.00%	-
212th	Qatar	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was New Zealand's forest area in 2022?▾

New Zealand's forest area in 2022 was 37.72%. This ranked 81st globally.

How did New Zealand's forest area change in 2022?▾

New Zealand's forest area increased by 0.2% in 2022 compared to 2021.

Which country had the highest forest area in 2022?▾

Suriname had the highest forest area in 2022 at 94.52%.

What is the forest area of New Zealand in 2022?▾

The forest area of New Zealand in 2022 was 37.72%. This ranked 81st globally.

How does 2022 compare to 2021 for New Zealand's forest area?▾

New Zealand's forest area went from 37.63% in 2021 to 37.72% in 2022, a 0.2% increase.

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