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.
Latest releases
Environmental-economic accounts: 2018 (published 27 February 2018)
A summary of New Zealand’s stocks and flows of natural capital (environmental assets) measured to date, the economic activities being undertaken to protect the environment, and other information that show the interactions between the environment and the economy.
2017 updates to selected environmental accounts (published 28 August 2017)
Provisional updates to the fish, forestry, and water environmental accounts. Final data will be published in early 2018.
Background to 2017 updates to selected environmental accounts (published 28 August 2017)
Information on why we updated the fish, forestry, and water environmental accounts.
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.
Previous releases
Updated 11 July 2017