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New Zealand - Primary Forest Loss 39,723

via World Bank DATA360 (Global Forest Watch) · updated 2026-10-15 · 211 economies tracked

Latest value

39,723 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 211 economies

Share of global total

0.2%

Growth since 2001

0.79×

Ranking Race — Primary Forest Loss

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#11#21#31#41#51200120062011201620212025#28#572021 overtook Uganda2025 overtook Portugal
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Real annual global ranks, 2001 - 2025. New Zealand climbed from #28 to #57 (overtook Uganda). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — New Zealand

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2021
Overtook Uganda in global rank auto
2025
Overtook Portugal in global rank auto

Primary Forest Loss, 2001-2025

via World Bank DATA360 (Global Forest Watch) · Hectares · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20012006201120162021202539,49753,11766,73880,359

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