TABLE 2

FOREST RESOURCES, 2000

Country/area

Land area
('000 ha)

Forest area, 2000

Wood volume in forests (m³/ha)

Wood biomass in forests (t/ha)

Total forest
('000 ha)

Percentage of land area (%)

Area per capita (ha)

Forest plantations ('000 ha)

Algeria

238 174

2 145

0.9

0.1

718

44

75

Angola

124 670

69 756

56.0

5.6

141

39

54

Benin

11 063

2 650

24.0

0.4

112

140

195

Botswana

56 673

12 427

21.9

7.8

1

45

63

Burkina Faso

27 360

7 089

25.9

0.6

67

10

16

Burundi

2 568

94

3.7

n.s.

73

110

187

Cameroon

46 540

23 858

51.3

1.6

80

135

131

Cape Verde

403

85

21.1

0.2

85

83

127

Central African Republic

62 297

22 907

36.8

6.5

4

85

113

Chad

125 920

12 692

10.1

1.7

14

11

16

Comoros

186

8

4.3

n.s.

2

60

65

Congo

34 150

22 060

64.6

7.7

83

132

213

Côte d'Ivoire

31 800

7 117

22.4

0.5

184

133

130

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

226 705

135 207

59.6

2.7

97

133

225

Djibouti

2 317

6

0.3

n.s.

-

21

46

Egypt

99 545

72

0.1

n.s.

72

108

106

Equatorial Guinea

2 805

1 752

62.5

4.0

93

158

Eritrea

11 759

1 585

13.5

0.4

22

23

32

Ethiopia

110 430

4 593

4.2

0.1

216

56

79

Gabon

25 767

21 826

84.7

18.2

36

128

137

Gambia

1 000

481

48.1

0.4

2

13

22

Ghana

22 754

6 335

27.8

0.3

76

49

88

Guinea

24 572

6 929

28.2

0.9

25

117

114

Guinea-Bissau

3 612

2 187

60.5

1.8

2

19

20

Kenya

56 915

17 096

30.0

0.6

232

35

48

Lesotho

3 035

14

0.5

n.s.

14

34

34

Liberia

11 137

3 481

31.3

1.2

119

201

196

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

175 954

358

0.2

0.1

168

14

20

Madagascar

58 154

11 727

20.2

0.8

350

114

194

Malawi

9 409

2 562

27.2

0.2

112

103

143

Mali

122 019

13 186

10.8

1.2

15

22

31

Mauritania

102 522

317

0.3

0.1

25

4

6

Mauritius

202

16

7.9

n.s.

13

88

95

Morocco

44 630

3 025

6.8

0.1

534

27

41

Mozambique

78 409

30 601

39.0

1.6

50

25

55

Namibia

82 329

8 040

9.8

4.7

0

7

12

Niger

126 670

1 328

1.0

0.1

73

3

4

Nigeria

91 077

13 517

14.8

0.1

693

82

184

Réunion

250

71

28.4

0.1

3

115

160

Rwanda

2 466

307

12.4

n.s.

261

110

187

Saint Helena

31

2

6.5

0.3

2

-

-

Sao Tome and Principe

95

27

28.3

0.2

-

108

116

Senegal

19 252

6 205

32.2

0.7

263

31

30

Seychelles

45

30

66.7

0.4

5

29

49

Sierra Leone

7 162

1 055

14.7

0.2

6

143

139

Somalia

62 734

7 515

12.0

0.8

3

18

26

South Africa

121 758

8 917

7.3

0.2

1 554

49

81

Sudan

237 600

61 627

25.9

2.1

641

9

12

Swaziland

1 721

522

30.3

0.5

161

39

115

Togo

5 439

510

9.4

0.1

38

92

155

Tunisia

16 362

510

3.1

0.1

202

18

27

Uganda

19 964

4 190

21.0

0.2

43

133

163

United Republic of Tanzania

88 359

38 811

43.9

1.2

135

43

60

Western Sahara

26 600

152

0.6

0.5

-

18

59

Zambia

74 339

31 246

42.0

3.5

75

43

104

Zimbabwe

38 685

19 040

49.2

1.7

141

40

56

Total Africa

2 978 394

649 866

21.8

0.8

8 036

72

109

Afghanistan

64 958

1 351

2.1

0.1

-

22

27

Armenia

2 820

351

12.4

0.1

13

128

66

Azerbaijan

8 359

1 094

13.1

0.1

20

136

105

Bahrain

69

n.s.

n.s.

-

0

14

14

Bangladesh

13 017

1 334

10.2

n.s.

625

23

39

Bhutan

4 701

3 016

64.2

1.5

21

163

178

Brunei Darussalam

527

442

83.9

1.4

3

119

205

Cambodia

17 652

9 335

52.9

0.9

90

40

69

China

932 743

163 480

17.5

0.1

45 083

52

61

Cyprus

925

172

18.6

0.2

0

43

21

Dem People's Rep. of Korea

12 041

8 210

68.2

0.3

-

41

25

East Timor

1 479

507

34.3

0.6

-

79

136

Gaza Strip

38

-

-

-

-

-

-

Georgia

6 831

2 988

43.7

0.6

200

145

97

India

297 319

64 113

21.6

0.1

32 578

43

73

Indonesia

181 157

104 986

58.0

0.5

9 871

79

136

Iran, Islamic Rep.

162 201

7 299

4.5

0.1

2 284

86

149

Iraq

43 737

799

1.8

n.s.

10

29

28

Israel

2 062

132

6.4

n.s.

91

49

-

Japan

37 652

24 081

64.0

0.2

10 682

145

88

Jordan

8 893

86

1.0

n.s.

45

38

37

Kazakhstan

267 074

12 148

4.5

0.7

5

35

18

Kuwait

1 782

5

0.3

n.s.

5

21

21

Kyrgyzstan

19 180

1 003

5.2

0.2

57

32

-

Lao People's Dem. Rep.

23 080

12 561

54.4

2.4

54

29

31

Lebanon

1 024

36

3.5

n.s.

2

23

22

Malaysia

32 855

19 292

58.7

0.9

1 750

119

205

Maldives

30

1

3.3

n.s.

-

-

-

Mongolia

156 650

10 645

6.8

4.1

-

128

80

Myanmar

65 755

34 419

52.3

0.8

821

33

57

Nepal

14 300

3 900

27.3

0.2

133

100

109

Oman

21 246

1

0.0

n.s.

1

17

17

Pakistan

77 087

2 361

3.1

n.s.

980

22

27

Philippines

29 817

5 789

19.4

0.1

753

66

114

Qatar

1 100

1

0.1

n.s.

1

13

12

Republic of Korea

9 873

6 248

63.3

0.1

-

58

36

Saudi Arabia

214 969

1 504

0.7

0.1

4

12

12

Singapore

61

2

3.3

n.s.

-

119

205

Sri Lanka

6 463

1 940

30.0

0.1

316

34

59

Syrian Arab Republic

18 377

461

2.5

n.s.

229

29

28

Tajikistan

14 087

400

2.8

0.1

10

14

10

Thailand

51 089

14 762

28.9

0.2

4 920

17

29

Turkey

76 963

10 225

13.3

0.2

1 854

136

74

Turkmenistan

46 992

3 755

8.0

0.9

12

4

3

United Arab Emirates

8 360

321

3.8

0.1

314

-

-

Uzbekistan

41 424

1 969

4.8

0.1

300

6

-

Viet Nam

32 550

9 819

30.2

0.1

1 711

38

66

West Bank

580

-

-

-

-

-

-

Yemen

52 797

449

0.9

n.s.

-

14

19

Total Asia

3 084 746

547 793

17.8

0.2

115 847

63

82

Albania

2 740

991

36.2

0.3

102

81

58

Andorra

45

-

-

-

-

0

0

Austria

8 273

3 886

47.0

0.5

0

286

250

Belarus

20 748

9 402

45.3

0.9

195

153

80

Belgium and Luxembourg

3 282

728

22.2

0.1

0

218

101

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5 100

2 273

44.6

0.6

57

110

-

Bulgaria

11 055

3 690

33.4

0.4

969

130

76

Croatia

5 592

1 783

31.9

0.4

47

201

107

Czech Republic

7 728

2 632

34.1

0.3

0

260

125

Denmark

4 243

455

10.7

0.1

341

124

58

Estonia

4 227

2 060

48.7

1.5

305

156

85

Finland

30 459

21 935

72.0

4.2

0

89

50

France

55 010

15 341

27.9

0.3

961

191

92

Germany

34 927

10 740

30.7

0.1

0

268

134

Greece

12 890

3 599

27.9

0.3

120

45

25

Hungary

9 234

1 840

19.9

0.2

136

174

112

Iceland

10 025

31

0.3

0.1

12

27

17

Ireland

6 889

659

9.6

0.2

590

74

25

Italy

29 406

10 003

34.0

0.2

133

145

74

Latvia

6 205

2 923

47.1

1.2

143

174

93

Liechtenstein

15

7

46.7

0.2

0

254

119

Lithuania

6 258

1 994

31.9

0.5

284

183

99

Malta

32

n.s.

n.s.

-

0

232

-

Netherlands

3 392

375

11.1

n.s.

100

160

107

Norway

30 683

8 868

28.9

2.0

300

89

49

Poland

30 442

9 047

29.7

0.2

39

213

94

Portugal

9 150

3 666

40.1

0.4

834

82

33

Republic of Moldova

3 296

325

9.9

0.1

1

128

64

Romania

23 034

6 448

28.0

0.3

91

213

124

Russian Federation

1 688 851

851 392

50.4

5.8

17 340

105

56

San Marino

6

-

-

-

-

0

0

Slovakia

4 808

2 177

45.3

0.4

15

253

142

Slovenia

2 012

1 107

55.0

0.6

1

283

178

Spain

49 945

14 370

28.8

0.4

1 904

44

24

Sweden

41 162

27 134

65.9

3.1

569

107

63

Switzerland

3 955

1 199

30.3

0.2

4

337

165

The FYR of Macedonia

2 543

906

35.6

0.5

30

70

-

Ukraine

57 935

9 584

16.5

0.2

4 425

179

-

United Kingdom

24 160

2 794

11.6

n.s.

1 928

128

76

Yugoslavia

10 200

2 887

28.3

0.3

39

111

23

Total Europe

2 259 957

1 039 251

46.0

1.4

32 015

112

59

Antigua and Barbuda

44

9

20.5

0.1

0

116

210

Bahamas

1 001

842

84.1

2.8

-

-

-

Barbados

43

2

4.7

n.s.

0

-

-

Belize

2 280

1 348

59.1

5.7

3

202

211

Bermuda

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

British Virgin Islands

15

3

20.0

0.1

-

-

-

Canada

922 097

244 571

26.5

7.9

0

120

83

Cayman Islands

26

13

-

0.4

-

-

-

Costa Rica

5 106

1 968

38.5

0.5

178

211

220

Cuba

10 982

2 348

21.4

0.2

482

71

114

Dominica

75

46

61.3

0.6

0

91

166

Dominican Republic

4 838

1 376

28.4

0.2

30

29

53

El Salvador

2 072

121

5.8

n.s.

14

-

-

Greenland

34 170

-

-

-

-

-

-

Grenada

34

5

14.7

0.1

0

83

150

Guadeloupe

169

82

48.5

0.2

4

-

-

Guatemala

10 843

2 850

26.3

0.3

133

355

371

Haiti

2 756

88

3.2

n.s.

20

28

101

Honduras

11 189

5 383

48.1

0.9

48

58

105

Jamaica

1 083

325

30.0

0.1

9

82

171

Martinique

107

47

43.9

0.1

2

5

5

Mexico

190 869

55 205

28.9

0.6

267

52

54

Montserrat

11

3

27.3

0.3

-

-

-

Netherlands Antilles

80

1

n.s.

n.s.

-

-

-

Nicaragua

12 140

3 278

27.0

0.7

46

154

161

Panama

7 443

2 876

38.6

1.0

40

308

322

Puerto Rico

887

229

25.8

0.1

4

-

-

Saint Kitts and Nevis

36

4

11.1

0.1

0

-

-

Saint Lucia

61

9

14.8

0.1

1

190

198

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

23

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

39

6

15.4

0.1

0

166

173

Trinidad and Tobago

513

259

50.5

0.2

15

71

129

United States

915 895

225 993

24.7

0.8

16 238

136

108

United States Virgin Islands

34

14

41.2

0.1

-

-

-

Total North and Central America

2 136 966

549 304

25.7

1.1

17 533

123

95

American Samoa

20

12

60.1

0.2

0

-

-

Australia

768 230

154 539

20.1

8.3

1 396

55

57

Cook Islands

23

22

95.7

1.2

1

-

-

Fiji

1 827

815

44.6

1.0

97

-

-

French Polynesia

366

105

28.7

0.5

5

-

-

Guam

55

21

38.2

0.1

0

-

-

Kiribati

73

28

38.4

0.3

0

-

-

Marshall Islands

18

n.s.

-

-

-

-

-

Micronesia

69

15

21.7

0.1

0

-

-

Nauru

2

n.s.

-

-

-

-

-

New Caledonia

1 828

372

20.4

1.8

10

-

-

New Zealand

26 799

7 946

29.7

2.1

1 542

125

217

Niue

26

6

-

3.0

0

-

-

Northern Mariana Islands

46

14

30.4

0.2

-

-

-

Palau

46

35

76.1

1.8

0

-

-

Papua New Guinea

45 239

30 601

67.6

6.5

90

34

58

Samoa

282

105

37.2

0.6

5

-

-

Solomon Islands

2 856

2 536

88.8

5.9

50

-

-

Tonga

73

4

5.5

n.s.

1

-

-

Vanuatu

1 218

447

36.7

2.4

3

-

-

Total Oceania

849 096

197 623

23.3

6.6

3 201

55

64

Argentina

273 669

34 648

12.7

0.9

926

25

68

Bolivia

108 438

53 068

48.9

6.5

46

114

183

Brazil

845 651

543 905

64.3

3.2

4 982

131

209

Chile

74 881

15 536

20.7

1.0

2 017

160

268

Colombia

103 871

49 601

47.8

1.2

141

108

196

Ecuador

27 684

10 557

38.1

0.9

167

121

151

Falkland Islands

1 217

-

-

-

-

-

-

French Guiana

8 815

7 926

89.9

45.6

1

145

253

Guyana

21 498

16 879

78.5

19.7

12

145

253

Paraguay

39 730

23 372

58.8

4.4

27

34

59

Peru

128 000

65 215

50.9

2.6

640

158

245

Suriname

15 600

14 113

90.5

34.0

13

145

253

Uruguay

17 481

1 292

7.4

0.4

622

-

-

Venezuela

88 206

49 506

56.1

2.1

863

134

233

Total South America

1 754 741

885 618

50.5

2.6

10 455

125

203

TOTAL WORLD

13 063 900

3 869 455

29.6

0.6

187 086

100

109

Note: The regional breakdown reflects geographic rather than economic or political groupings.