| Land use/cover classes | Net cover change | |||||
| 1990-2000 | 2000-2014 | 1990-2014 | ||||
| Ha | % | Ha | % | Ha | % | |
| Bushed grassland | −18,580 | −1.17 | −9971 | −0.63 | −28,551 | −1.8 |
| Closed Woodland | −17,6231 | −11.13 | −102,194 | −6.46 | −278,425 | −17.59 |
| Cultivated Land | 118,770 | 7.50 | 116,707 | 7.39 | 235,677 | 14.89 |
| Dense Bushland | −12,727 | −0.80 | −3377 | −0.21 | −16,104 | −1.02 |
| Forest | −10,146 | −0.64 | −2022 | −0.13 | −12,168 | 0.77 |
| Open Bushland | 8628 | 0.55 | −5061 | −0.32 | 3567 | 0.22 |
| Open Grassland | −38,819 | −2.55 | −35,451 | −2.24 | −74,270 | −4.7 |
| Open Land | −222 | −0.01 | −173 | −0.01 | −395 | −0.03 |
| Open Woodland | 158,962 | 10.04 | 73,005 | 4.61 | 231,967 | 14.66 |
| Settlement Area | 775 | 0.05 | −584 | 0.04 | 1359 | 0.09 |
| Swamp | 3559 | 0.22 | 8243 | 0.52 | 11,802 | 0.75 |
| Thicket | −30,023 | −1.90 | −33,439 | −2.11 | −63,462 | −4.01 |
| Water | −3946 | −0.25 | −7051 | −0.45 | −10,997 | −0.7 |