Environmental-economic accounts explore how the environment and New Zealand economy interact and how our natural resources contribute to our national wealth. They measure the value and volume of many of New Zealand's natural resources, and identify which industries use them.
We compile the environmental-economic accounts using the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) framework, which is aligned with the System of National Accounts (SNA). The SEEA framework is based on principles, definitions, and concepts that are consistent with the SNA and allows us to reliably compare and integrate economic and environmental data.
Redevelopment work
We are redeveloping the environmental accounts.
We are currently updating the fish and forestry monetary stock accounts and the water and forestry physical stock accounts. We aim to release these in early 2018. We are also investigating the possibility of developing other environmental accounts.
See our Publications in the pipeline page to see what we're planning to publish in the next few months.
Latest releases
Asset value of water and other renewables for electricity generation: 2007–15 (published 27 April 2017)
Information about the asset value of renewable energy resources in New Zealand
New Zealand's marine economy: 2007–13 (published 27 October 2016)
Information about the economic activities that take place in, or use, the marine environment
Previous releases
Updated 11 July 2017