Deforestation statistics for New Zealand
New Zealand: Demographic data
Population (2022) | 4,822,233 |
Annual population growth rate (2022) | 0.80% |
Population density (people/sq km) | 18 |
Net migration | 14,881 |
Fertility rate | 1.9 |
Median age | 38 |
Urban population share | 87% |
New Zealand: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 263,310 |
Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 11,255,700 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 42.7% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 1,290,393 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 11.5% |
New Zealand: Annual forest and tree cover data
New Zealand: Tree cover loss by year
30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2001: 50,528 2002: 63,228 2003: 44,798 2004: 60,680 2005: 52,519 2006: 61,671 2007: 62,642 2008: 61,372 2009: 59,613 2010: 56,122 2011: 59,943 2012: 69,498 2013: 77,541 2014: 79,409 2015: 64,003 2016: 80,358 2017: 74,883 2018: 79,228 2019: 71,430 2020: 60,924 |
Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)
Sub-national admin area 1 | Tree cover extent (2001) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha | Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha | Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha | Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) % |
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Auckland | 186,354 | 10,348 | 7,201 | 7,513 | 6,904 | 31,966 | 17.2% |
Northern Islands | 347 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3.1% |
Northland | 610,876 | 18,907 | 27,294 | 46,401 | 42,932 | 135,534 | 22.2% |
Otago | 493,470 | 14,216 | 18,809 | 16,014 | 18,145 | 67,185 | 13.6% |
Southern Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Southland | 1,615,752 | 12,877 | 13,448 | 15,584 | 14,687 | 56,597 | 3.5% |
Taranaki | 401,995 | 2,074 | 2,462 | 3,948 | 6,883 | 15,366 | 3.8% |
Tasman | 732,629 | 19,661 | 20,825 | 15,287 | 19,882 | 75,655 | 10.3% |
Waikato | 1,142,127 | 75,677 | 69,487 | 71,892 | 67,786 | 284,841 | 24.9% |
Wellington | 408,054 | 6,355 | 6,647 | 11,102 | 15,591 | 39,694 | 9.7% |
West Coast | 1,707,059 | 8,522 | 9,339 | 14,638 | 8,587 | 41,086 | 2.4% |
Bay of Plenty | 831,030 | 33,193 | 42,584 | 47,138 | 44,023 | 166,938 | 20.1% |
Canterbury | 757,988 | 16,855 | 20,681 | 22,712 | 25,282 | 85,530 | 11.3% |
Gisborne | 457,442 | 11,229 | 14,479 | 23,197 | 30,818 | 79,723 | 17.4% |
Hawke's Bay | 538,444 | 20,791 | 20,385 | 20,157 | 23,541 | 84,874 | 15.8% |
Manawatu-Wanganui | 895,458 | 11,160 | 14,948 | 19,073 | 25,991 | 71,172 | 7.9% |
Marlborough | 444,398 | 8,177 | 9,971 | 14,383 | 13,974 | 46,504 | 10.5% |
Nelson | 32,321 | 1,712 | 2,861 | 1,355 | 1,792 | 7,720 | 23.9% |
Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)
Sub-national admin area 1 | Admin area 2 | Tree cover extent (2000) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha | Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha | Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha | Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) % |
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Nelson | Nelson | 32,321 | 1,712 | 2,861 | 1,355 | 1,792 | 7,720 | 23.9% |
Northern Islands | Three Kings | 347 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3.2% |
Northland | Far North | 387,555 | 11,705 | 18,290 | 24,642 | 22,722 | 77,358 | 20.0% |
Northland | Kaipara | 102,829 | 3,772 | 3,497 | 10,996 | 12,747 | 31,012 | 30.2% |
Northland | Whangarei | 120,492 | 3,429 | 5,508 | 10,763 | 7,464 | 27,164 | 22.5% |
Otago | Central Otago | 34,833 | 1,168 | 1,040 | 757 | 863 | 3,828 | 11.0% |
Otago | Clutha | 194,781 | 11,193 | 12,983 | 9,805 | 13,585 | 47,565 | 24.4% |
Otago | Dunedin | 60,091 | 1,145 | 4,194 | 4,769 | 3,395 | 13,503 | 22.5% |
Otago | Queenstown-Lakes | 203,766 | 710 | 593 | 684 | 302 | 2,288 | 1.1% |
Southern Islands | Antipodes Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Southern Islands | Bounty Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Southern Islands | Snares Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Southland | Gore | 11,601 | 201 | 508 | 377 | 729 | 1,815 | 15.6% |
Southland | Invercargill | 7,784 | 165 | 289 | 402 | 295 | 1,151 | 14.8% |
Southland | Southland | 1,596,366 | 12,511 | 12,651 | 14,805 | 13,663 | 53,631 | 3.4% |
Taranaki | New Plymouth | 112,197 | 459 | 763 | 963 | 1,722 | 3,907 | 3.5% |
Taranaki | South Taranaki | 158,572 | 839 | 1,015 | 2,074 | 2,999 | 6,927 | 4.4% |
Taranaki | Stratford | 131,225 | 776 | 684 | 911 | 2,162 | 4,533 | 3.5% |
Tasman | Tasman | 732,629 | 19,661 | 20,825 | 15,287 | 19,882 | 75,655 | 10.3% |
Waikato | Hamilton | 589 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 35 | 5.9% |
Waikato | Waitomo | 166,293 | 4,532 | 6,549 | 1,879 | 3,301 | 16,261 | 9.8% |
Waikato | Hauraki | 42,209 | 369 | 309 | 745 | 1,244 | 2,667 | 6.3% |
Waikato | Matamata-Piako | 29,882 | 264 | 537 | 331 | 225 | 1,357 | 4.5% |
Waikato | Otorohanga | 75,633 | 1,569 | 662 | 1,128 | 1,048 | 4,407 | 5.8% |
Waikato | South Waikato | 98,569 | 19,987 | 14,311 | 14,703 | 14,775 | 63,776 | 64.7% |
Waikato | Taupo | 425,978 | 41,220 | 38,264 | 43,533 | 37,172 | 160,189 | 37.6% |
Waikato | Thames-Coromandel | 173,269 | 5,517 | 6,058 | 5,552 | 3,702 | 20,828 | 12.0% |
Waikato | Waikato | 111,560 | 1,994 | 2,468 | 3,388 | 5,683 | 13,533 | 12.1% |
Waikato | Waipa | 18,146 | 221 | 314 | 620 | 633 | 1,788 | 9.9% |
Wellington | Carterton | 50,999 | 629 | 1,507 | 2,069 | 1,574 | 5,779 | 11.3% |
Wellington | Kapiti Coast | 51,709 | 518 | 338 | 733 | 1,176 | 2,766 | 5.3% |
Wellington | Lower Hutt | 29,086 | 247 | 171 | 121 | 164 | 704 | 2.4% |
Wellington | Masterton | 86,165 | 3,055 | 2,822 | 5,009 | 8,875 | 19,761 | 22.9% |
Wellington | Porirua | 7,501 | 335 | 148 | 471 | 628 | 1,582 | 21.1% |
Wellington | South Wairarapa | 123,054 | 632 | 536 | 1,181 | 1,684 | 4,032 | 3.3% |
Wellington | Upper Hutt | 45,874 | 835 | 923 | 1,398 | 1,132 | 4,289 | 9.3% |
Wellington | Wellington | 13,666 | 103 | 202 | 119 | 357 | 781 | 5.7% |
West Coast | Buller | 693,598 | 1,104 | 2,870 | 7,665 | 1,985 | 13,624 | 2.0% |
West Coast | Grey | 270,883 | 5,048 | 3,560 | 4,057 | 4,509 | 17,174 | 6.3% |
West Coast | Westland | 742,579 | 2,370 | 2,909 | 2,916 | 2,094 | 10,288 | 1.4% |
Bay of Plenty | Area Outside Territorial Authority | 1,466 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0.8% |
Bay of Plenty | Kawerau | 520 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 9.2% |
Bay of Plenty | Opotiki | 275,373 | 1,231 | 3,768 | 5,599 | 3,958 | 14,555 | 5.3% |
Bay of Plenty | Rotorua | 116,328 | 11,326 | 10,688 | 11,805 | 11,138 | 44,957 | 38.6% |
Bay of Plenty | Tauranga | 1,153 | 52 | 48 | 26 | 34 | 160 | 13.9% |
Bay of Plenty | Western Bay of Plenty | 98,325 | 3,882 | 4,624 | 6,057 | 6,748 | 21,311 | 21.7% |
Bay of Plenty | Whakatane | 337,865 | 16,690 | 23,439 | 23,641 | 22,125 | 85,895 | 25.4% |
Canterbury | Ashburton | 34,616 | 874 | 1,146 | 1,500 | 873 | 4,394 | 12.7% |
Canterbury | Waitaki | 52,855 | 1,247 | 1,470 | 2,056 | 3,566 | 8,339 | 15.8% |
Canterbury | Christchurch | 35,354 | 641 | 676 | 1,044 | 1,811 | 4,172 | 11.8% |
Canterbury | Hurunui | 278,114 | 6,686 | 7,019 | 6,452 | 8,206 | 28,363 | 10.2% |
Canterbury | Kaikoura | 70,020 | 268 | 188 | 410 | 1,258 | 2,124 | 3.0% |
Canterbury | Mackenzie | 32,686 | 271 | 524 | 585 | 1,202 | 2,582 | 7.9% |
Canterbury | Selwyn | 138,876 | 2,913 | 4,233 | 2,871 | 3,260 | 13,276 | 9.6% |
Canterbury | Timaru | 26,715 | 643 | 1,149 | 1,333 | 2,045 | 5,170 | 19.4% |
Canterbury | Waimakariri | 61,883 | 2,743 | 2,782 | 4,545 | 1,722 | 11,791 | 19.1% |
Canterbury | Waimate | 26,868 | 570 | 1,495 | 1,915 | 1,339 | 5,319 | 19.8% |
Gisborne | Gisborne | 457,442 | 11,229 | 14,479 | 23,197 | 30,818 | 79,723 | 17.4% |
Hawke's Bay | Central Hawke's Bay | 53,730 | 1,341 | 1,128 | 1,558 | 2,617 | 6,644 | 12.4% |
Hawke's Bay | Hastings | 234,635 | 12,574 | 8,752 | 8,737 | 12,916 | 42,979 | 18.3% |
Hawke's Bay | Napier | 508 | 12 | 11 | 86 | 51 | 161 | 31.7% |
Hawke's Bay | Wairoa | 249,572 | 6,865 | 10,493 | 9,775 | 7,957 | 35,090 | 14.1% |
Manawatu-Wanganui | Horowhenua | 40,575 | 1,302 | 1,404 | 985 | 1,775 | 5,466 | 13.5% |
Manawatu-Wanganui | Manawatu | 57,455 | 538 | 571 | 1,102 | 1,938 | 4,149 | 7.2% |
Manawatu-Wanganui | Palmerston North | 9,913 | 135 | 679 | 508 | 613 | 1,935 | 19.5% |
Manawatu-Wanganui | Rangitikei | 160,848 | 1,958 | 1,748 | 1,875 | 3,567 | 9,148 | 5.7% |
Manawatu-Wanganui | Ruapehu | 380,704 | 3,780 | 6,391 | 9,046 | 8,974 | 28,190 | 7.4% |
Manawatu-Wanganui | Tararua | 116,843 | 1,022 | 1,139 | 2,064 | 3,263 | 7,488 | 6.4% |
Manawatu-Wanganui | Whanganui | 129,119 | 2,426 | 3,016 | 3,493 | 5,860 | 14,795 | 11.5% |
Marlborough | Marlborough | 444,398 | 8,177 | 9,971 | 14,383 | 13,974 | 46,504 | 10.5% |
Auckland | Auckland | 186,354 | 10,348 | 7,201 | 7,513 | 6,904 | 31,966 | 17.2% |
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2019 forest data for New Zealand | Archived forest data for New Zealand | Forest data for New Zealand
Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.
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