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Table 7. Volume and biomass in forest

Country/area

Total forest 2000

Volume

Biomass

Information source

By area

Total

By area

Total

000 ha

m3/ha

M m3

t/ha

M t

NI / PI / ES / EX

Algeria

2 145

44

94

75

160

NI

Angola

69 756

39

2 714

54

3 774

NI

Benin

2 650

140

371

195

518

PI

Botswana

12 427

45

560

63

779

NI

Burkina Faso

7 089

10

74

16

113

NI

Burundi

94

110

10

187

18

ES

Cameroon

23 858

135

3 211

131

3 129

PI

Cape Verde

85

83

7

127

11

ES

Central African Republic

22 907

85

1 937

113

2 583

PI/EX

Chad

12 692

11

134

16

205

ES

Comoros

8

60

0

65

1

ES

Congo

22 060

132

2 916

213

4 699

EX

Côte d'Ivoire

7 117

133

948

130

924

PI

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

135 207

133

17 932

225

30 403

NI

Djibouti

6

21

0

46

0

ES

Egypt

72

108

8

106

8

ES

Equatorial Guinea

1 752

93

163

158

277

PI

Eritrea

1 585

23

36

32

50

NI

Ethiopia

4 593

56

259

79

363

PI

Gabon

21 826

128

2 791

137

2 991

ES

Gambia

481

13

6

22

11

NI

Ghana

6 335

49

311

88

556

ES

Guinea

6 929

117

808

114

788

PI

Guinea-Bissau

2 187

19

41

20

44

NI

Kenya

17 096

35

593

48

826

ES

Lesotho

14

34

0

34

0

ES

Liberia

3 481

201

699

196

681

ES

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

358

14

5

20

7

ES

Madagascar

11 727

114

1 339

194

2 270

NI

Malawi

2 562

103

264

143

365

NI

Mali

13 186

22

289

31

402

PI

Mauritania

317

4

1

6

2

ES

Mauritius

16

88

1

95

2

ES

Morocco

3 025

27

80

41

123

NI

Mozambique

30 601

25

774

55

1 683

NI

Namibia

8 040

7

54

12

94

PI

Niger

1 328

3

4

4

6

PI

Nigeria

13 517

82

1 115

184

2 493

ES

Réunion

71

115

8

160

11

ES

Rwanda

307

110

34

187

58

ES

Saint Helena

2

-

-

-

-

-

Sao Tome and Principe

27

108

3

116

3

NI

Senegal

6 205

31

192

30

187

NI

Seychelles

30

29

1

49

1

ES

Sierra Leone

1 055

143

151

139

147

ES

Somalia

7 515

18

138

26

192

ES

South Africa

8 917

49

437

81

720

EX

Sudan

61 627

9

531

12

740

ES

Swaziland

522

39

20

115

60

NI

Togo

510

92

47

155

79

PI

Tunisia

510

18

9

27

14

NI

Uganda

4 190

133

559

163

681

NI

United Republic of Tanzania

38 811

43

1 676

60

2 333

NI

Western Sahara

152

18

3

59

9

NI

Zambia

31 246

43

1 347

104

3 262

ES

Zimbabwe

19 040

40

765

56

1 065

NI

Total Africa

649 866

72

46 472

109

70 917


Afghanistan

1 351

22

30

27

37

-

Armenia

351

128

45

66

23

-

Azerbaijan

1 094

136

149

105

115

-

Bahrain

n.s.

14

-

14

-

-

Bangladesh

1 334

23

31

39

52

-

Bhutan

3 016

163

492

178

537

-

Brunei Darussalam

442

119

52

205

90

-

Cambodia

9 335

40

376

69

648

-

China

163 480

52

8 437

61

10 038

NI

Cyprus

172

43

7

21

4

-

Dem People's Rep. of Korea

8 210

41

333

25

209

ES

East Timor

507

79

40

136

69

-

Gaza Strip

-

-

-

-

-

-

Georgia

2 988

145

434

97

291

-

India

64 113

43

2 730

73

4 706

NI

Indonesia

104 986

79

8 242

136

14 226

-

Iran, Islamic Rep.

7 299

86

631

149

1 089

-

Iraq

799

29

23

28

22

-

Israel

132

49

6

-

-

-

Japan

24 081

145

3 485

88

2 128

-

Jordan

86

38

3

37

3

-

Kazakhstan

12 148

35

428

18

214

-

Kuwait

5

21

0

21

0

-

Kyrgyzstan

1 003

32

32

-

-

-

Lao People's Dem. Rep

12 561

29

359

31

391

NI

Lebanon

36

23

1

22

1

-

Malaysia

19 292

119

2 288

205

3 949

ES

Maldives

1

-

-

-

-

-

Mongolia

10 645

128

1 359

80

853

NI

Myanmar

34 419

33

1 137

57

1 965

NI

Nepal

3 900

100

391

109

427

PI

Oman

1

17

0

17

0

-

Pakistan

2 361

22

53

27

64

-

Philippines

5 789

66

383

114

661

NI

Qatar

1

13

0

12

0

-

Republic of Korea

6 248

58

362

36

227

NI

Saudi Arabia

1 504

12

18

12

18

-

Singapore

2

119

0

205

0

-

Sri Lanka

1 940

34

66

59

114

-

Syrian Arab Republic

461

29

13

28

13

-

Tajikistan

400

14

6

10

4

-

Thailand

14 762

17

252

29

434

NI

Turkey

10 225

136

1 386

74

754

-

Turkmenistan

3 755

4

14

3

10

-

United Arab Emirates

321

-

-

-

-

-

Uzbekistan

1 969

6

11

-

-

-

Viet Nam

9 819

38

372

66

643

ES

West Bank

-

-

-

-

-

-

Yemen

449

14

6

19

9

-

Total Asia

547 793

63

34 506

82

45 062


American Samoa

12

-

-

-

-

-

Australia

154 539

55

8 506

57

8 840

-

Cook Islands

22

-

-

-

-

-

Fiji

815

-

-

-

-

-

French Polynesia

105

-

-

-

-

-

Guam

21

-

-

-

-

-

Kiribati

28

-

-

-

-

-

Marshall Islands

n.s.

-

-

-

-

-

Micronesia

15

-

-

-

-

-

Nauru

n.s.

-

-

-

-

-

New Caledonia

372

-

-

-

-

-

New Zealand

7 946

125

992

217

1 726

-

Niue

6

-

-

-

-

-

Northern Mariana Isl.

14

-

-

-

-

-

Palau

35

-

-

-

-

-

Papua New Guinea

30 601

34

1 025

58

1 784

NI

Samoa

105

-

-

-

-

-

Solomon Islands

2 536

-

-

-

-

-

Tonga

4

-

-

-

-

-

Vanuatu

447

-

-

-

-

-

Total Oceania

197 623

55

10 771

64

12 640


Albania

991

81

80

58

57

-

Andorra

-

0

-

0

-

-

Austria

3 886

286

1 110

250

970

-

Belarus

9 402

153

1 436

80

755

-

Belgium & Luxembourg

728

218

159

101

74

-

Bosnia & Herzegovina

2 273

110

250

-

-

-

Bulgaria

3 690

130

480

76

279

-

Croatia

1 783

201

358

107

190

-

Czech Republic

2 632

260

684

125

329

-

Denmark

455

124

56

58

26

-

Estonia

2 060

156

321

85

175

-

Finland

21 935

89

1 945

50

1 089

NI

France

15 341

191

2 927

92

1 418

-

Germany

10 740

268

2 880

134

1 440

-

Greece

3 599

45

163

25

90

-

Hungary

1 840

174

320

112

207

-

Iceland

31

27

1

17

1

-

Ireland

659

74

49

25

16

-

Italy

10 003

145

1 450

74

742

-

Latvia

2 923

174

509

93

272

-

Liechtenstein

7

254

2

119

1

-

Lithuania

1 994

183

366

99

197

-

Malta

n.s.

232

0

-

-

-

Netherlands

375

160

60

107

40

-

Norway

8 868

89

785

49

432

-

Poland

9 047

213

1 930

94

851

-

Portugal

3 666

82

299

33

120

-

Republic of Moldova

325

128

42

64

21

-

Romania

6 448

213

1 373

124

801

-

Russian Federation

851 392

105

89 136

56

47 423

-

San Marino

-

0

-

0

-

-

Slovakia

2 177

253

552

142

308

-

Slovenia

1 107

283

313

178

197

-

Spain

14 370

44

632

24

347

-

Sweden

27 134

107

2 914

63

1 722

NI

Switzerland

1 199

337

404

165

198

-

The FYR of Macedonia

906

70

63

-

-

-

Ukraine

9 584

179

1 719

-

-

-

United Kingdom

2 794

128

359

76

213

-

Yugoslavia

2 887

111

321

23

67

-

Total Europe

1 039 251

112

116 448

59

61 070


Antigua and Barbuda

9

116

1

210

2

ES

Bahamas

842

-

-

-

-

-

Barbados

2

-

-

-

-

-

Belize

1 348

202

272

211

284

ES

Bermuda

-

-

-

-

-

-

British Virgin Islands

3

-

-

-

-

-

Canada

244 571

120

29 364

83

20 240

-

Cayman Islands

13

-

-

-

-

-

Costa Rica

1 968

211

414

220

433

ES

Cuba

2 348

71

167

114

268

NI

Dominica

46

91

4

166

8

ES

Dominican Republic

1 376

29

40

53

73

ES

El Salvador

121

223

27

202

24

-

Greenland

-

-

-

-

-

-

Grenada

5

83

0

150

1

PI

Guadeloupe

82

-

-

-

-

-

Guatemala

2 850

355

1 012

371

1 057

ES

Haiti

88

28

2

101

9

ES

Honduras

5 383

58

311

105

566

ES

Jamaica

325

82

27

171

56

ES

Martinique

47

5

0

5

0

ES

Mexico

55 205

52

2 871

54

2 981

NI

Montserrat

3

-

-

-

-

-

Netherlands Antilles

1

-

-

-

-

-

Nicaragua

3 278

154

506

161

528

ES

Panama

2 876

308

887

322

926

ES

Puerto Rico

229

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Kitts and Nevis

4

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Lucia

9

190

2

198

2

ES

Saint Pierre & Miquelon

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

6

166

1

173

1

NI

Trinidad and Tobago

259

71

18

129

33

ES

United States

225 993

136

30 838

108

24 428

-

US Virgin Islands

14

-

-

-

-

-

Total North and Central America

549 304

123

67 329

95

52 357


Argentina

34 648

25

866

68

2 356

ES

Bolivia

53 068

114

6 050

183

9 711

PI

Brazil

543 905

131

71 252

209

113 676

ES

Chile

15 536

160

2 486

268

4 164

ES

Colombia

49 601

108

5 359

196

9 722

NI

Ecuador

10 557

121

1 275

151

1 594

ES

Falkland Islands

-

-

-

-

-

-

French Guiana

7 926

145

1 151

253

2 003

ES

Guyana

16 879

145

2 451

253

4 264

ES

Paraguay

23 372

34

792

59

1 379

ES

Peru

65 215

158

10 304

245

15 978

NI

Suriname

14 113

145

2 049

253

3 566

ES

Uruguay

1 292

-

-

-

-

-

Venezuela

49 506

134

6 629

233

11 535

ES

Total South America

885 618

125

110 826

203

180 210


TOTAL WORLD

3 869 455

100

386 352

109

422 256



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