Environment in New Zealand 3,131 indicators covering environment for New Zealand. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency 59.11 % 2023 up 6.8% 108th Arable land use per person 0.1 hectares per person 2023 down 18.8% 108th Forest area 10.30 million hectares 2025 up 4.6% 52nd Share of global forest area 0.2% 2025 up 5.7% 52nd Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index 0.469 2023 up 234.7% 35th Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 830.8% 94th Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0025 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 60.5% 101st Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0022 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 45.8% 98th Veneer sheets — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 140.5% 80th Total fibre furnish — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 21.8% 72nd Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 8.2% 77th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.2% 38th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 53.7% 36th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 48.3% 50th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 26.4% 45th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.0% 52nd Pesticides (total) — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 82.5% 62nd Plywood and LVL — Production 207,111 m3 2024 down 47.6% 35th Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, annual growth rate 29.49 % change on previous year 2024 up 522.2% 43rd Fibreboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 47.4% 125th Fibreboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.1% 140th Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per capita 0.0332 1000 USD per person 2024 down 38.4% 25th Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per capita 0.0523 t per person 2024 down 23.6% 16th Newsprint — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0755 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% 52nd Newsprint — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0838 t per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% 54th Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre 0.0346 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% 37th Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 0.0949 m3 per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 70th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 50.8% 103rd Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 26.5% 35th Paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 10.98 % change on previous year 2024 up 1,729.3% 11th Veneer sheets — Import value, annual growth rate -13.11 % change on previous year 2024 up 55.5% 121st Dissolving wood pulp — Import quantity 0 t 2024 — 113th Dissolving wood pulp — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 — 124th Paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate 32.17 % change on previous year 2024 up 335.1% 31st Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0047 m3 per person 2024 down 14.6% 153rd Wood fuel — Production, per capita 0.0095 m3 per person 2024 down 14.6% 152nd Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0614 m3 per person 2024 up 490.4% 133rd Roundwood — Production, per capita 6.17 m3 per person 2024 down 4.7% 7th Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, annual growth rate 30.15 % change on previous year 2024 up 453.9% 37th Primary Forest — Area 2,000 1000 ha 2025 up 1.4% 29th Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import quantity 49,194 t 2024 up 105.1% 63rd Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import value 32,946 1000 USD 2024 up 160.2% 71st Roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 7.6 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% 7th Roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 80.52 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 28.1% 2nd Paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 60.1% 42nd Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 49.2% 33rd Recovered paper — Import quantity 62 t 2024 down 56.6% 156th Recovered paper — Import value 27 1000 USD 2024 down 83.2% 151st Annual change in forest area 67,548 hectares 2025 up 22,470.4% 8th Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.7% 2025 up 21,479.4% 16th Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.7% 2025 up 21,479.4% 15th Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 67,548 hectares 2025 up 22,470.4% 8th Fibreboard — Export quantity 495,733 m3 2024 down 6.8% 19th Fibreboard — Export value 165,340 1000 USD 2024 down 24.2% 18th Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 6.11 m3 per person 2024 down 5.5% 2nd Other paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 10.98 % change on previous year 2024 up 1,563.6% 12th Other paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate 33.33 % change on previous year 2024 up 717.9% 30th Forest land — Area 10,303 1000 ha 2025 up 4.6% 61st Naturally regenerating forest — Area 7,869 1000 ha 2025 up 0.6% 65th Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 76.37 % 2025 down 3.9% 183rd ← Previous Page 14 of 53 Next →