What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland recorded in New Zealand?

The highest recorded value was -13,541 in 2016.

What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland recorded in New Zealand?

The lowest recorded value was -28,066 in 1990.

How does New Zealand rank for emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland?

New Zealand ranks 172nd out of 197 countries with data for 2019.

Is emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland rising or falling in New Zealand?

Over the last ten years it is up 43.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this New Zealand data come from?

The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Forestland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Forestland in New Zealand

Name: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Forestland in New Zealand
Creator: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

New Zealand: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Forestland was -13,541 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)

-13,541

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

172nd

of 197 countries

All-time high

-13,541

in 2016

All-time low

-28,066

in 1990

Years of data

1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Forestland in New Zealand, 1990–2019

Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.

Analysis

New Zealand recorded -13,541 for emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland in 2019. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 43.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland in New Zealand peaked at -13,541 in 2016 and was at its lowest, -28,066, in 1990.

That places New Zealand 172nd out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	-28,066	-28,066	-28,066	10
2000s	-24,516	-28,066	-24,121	10
2010s	-16,906	-24,121	-13,541	10

Countries ranked near New Zealand

169 Austria -7,440 compare
170 Costa Rica -7,442 compare
171 Kenya -7,728 compare
173 United Kingdom -13,596 compare
174 Italy -13,614 compare
175 Spain -15,140 compare

See the full ranking of 198 places →

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Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0459 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.93 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 45.99 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 3.2 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric Fermentat 30,709 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on Pa 11,174 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 406.57 (2050)

All data for New Zealand →

Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland in New Zealand?: Emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland in New Zealand was -13,541 in 2019, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland recorded in New Zealand?: The highest recorded value was -13,541 in 2016.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland recorded in New Zealand?: The lowest recorded value was -28,066 in 1990.
How does New Zealand rank for emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland?: New Zealand ranks 172nd out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2) - forestland rising or falling in New Zealand?: Over the last ten years it is up 43.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?: The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Forestland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Forestland
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 198 places, 5,793 data points, 1990–2019
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).