1984-86
average

1987-89
average

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001
prel.

....................................................................million square feet....................................................................

World

3 403.9

3 676.2

3 841.2

3 939.6

3 901.4

4 044.9

3 953.6

4 071.8

4 175.6

4 241.1

4 117.9

4 301.5

4 565.2

4 637.9

Developing All

1 574.4

1 895.5

2 173.0

2 357.1

2 406.0

2 543.5

2 591.2

2 767.9

2 927.4

3 007.7

2 935.6

3 116.7

3 281.7

3 337.9

Latin America &
Caribbean

177.6

177.7

184.6

186.5

186.6

190.4

188.9

190.2

190.6

187.3

181.1

192.1

190.4

182.7

Argentina

35.1

29.8

33.6

30.5

28.8

31.2

32.0

28.0

31.5

34.3

31.0

35.0

33.0

30.0

Bolivia

6.0

6.2

7.3

5.7

4.5

6.7

6.4

7.0

7.1

6.2

7.3

7.7

8.5

8.5

Brazil

63.4

71.5

68.1

63.7

64.4

70.0

71.2

81.3

68.0

65.1

57.1

60.2

62.4

59.2

Chile

5.3

3.8

2.0

3.6

4.0

4.8

2.5

3.0

3.3

3.4

5.0

4.3

3.3

3.5

Colombia

3.4

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.4

3.7

3.7

3.7

4.4

4.5

3.0

3.5

4.4

4.2

Cuba

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.9

1.0

0.9

Ecuador

1.6

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.8

2.0

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.6

Guatemala

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.7

Honduras

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Jamaica

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

Mexico

19.8

18.3

22.9

24.8

28.8

25.2

28.0

26.9

31.0

30.0

32.0

36.0

35.0

36.0

Paraguay

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Peru

6.1

5.9

8.3

6.5

6.3

8.0

5.7

6.5

6.5

4.5

5.4

7.1

9.0

9.0

Puerto Rico

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Uruguay

26.1

25.2

28.9

31.9

33.3

30.5

29.6

24.3

29.9

29.4

31.0

28.9

24.9

22.9

Venezuela

7.0

8.1

4.7

11.0

7.7

4.6

3.9

3.4

3.0

3.8

3.4

3.3

3.5

3.0

Africa

246.5

317.0

383.7

381.1

387.1

373.6

360.3

355.2

362.0

366.3

369.0

393.2

382.3

386.5

Algeria

39.0

56.3

65.5

68.2

73.1

71.5

69.4

66.1

65.4

60.1

55.3

62.6

64.5

64.7

Angola

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.9

2.1

2.1

Burkina Faso

6.2

10.1

9.6

11.0

13.7

13.6

13.6

14.0

14.9

15.6

16.3

16.5

17.5

18.0

Cameroon

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

Chad

1.5

1.8

3.0

4.5

4.6

4.8

5.0

5.2

6.0

6.6

6.6

7.0

7.2

7.5

Congo, Dem
Republic of

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

Côte d'Ivoire

1.4

1.3

1.6

1.5

1.7

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.0

Eritrea

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

Ethiopia

49.0

49.0

43.0

49.0

49.0

49.0

50.0

48.0

51.0

Ethiopia PDR

30.0

42.5

49.0

49.5

50.0

Ghana

1.0

1.0

0.9

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.3

Kenya

23.3

41.4

50.5

50.0

51.0

46.8

33.0

25.0

22.0

19.0

17.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

Madagascar

2.4

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

Mali

3.0

4.4

5.5

5.9

4.1

4.4

4.5

4.9

5.1

5.4

7.0

7.5

7.4

7.0

Morocco

48.0

58.3

63.4

61.6

70.3

57.2

63.5

65.0

64.3

68.6

69.0

72.0

70.0

70.4

Mozambique

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

Niger

5.6

6.2

6.2

7.9

8.0

7.9

8.2

8.4

8.9

9.1

9.5

10.0

9.0

11.0

Nigeria

55.7

55.4

85.0

75.0

65.0

70.4

66.2

72.3

72.5

77.2

79.1

81.3

80.3

80.3

Rwanda

0.9

0.7

1.4

1.8

1.9

1.7

1.7

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.5

Senegal

1.9

2.7

3.6

3.9

4.7

4.4

3.6

3.0

3.7

4.2

4.8

5.3

4.5

5.4

Somalia

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

Tanzania

5.3

5.6

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.7

6.7

7.0

7.1

7.8

8.0

8.1

7.6

6.8

Togo

1.2

1.8

2.3

2.0

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.0

1.4

1.7

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

Tunisia

13.3

17.4

19.4

19.5

18.6

19.0

19.6

22.1

23.6

23.3

26.4

31.6

25.6

25.0

Zimbabwe

2.2

2.7

3.3

3.8

3.5

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.0

3.1

2.9

3.7

3.6

3.6

Near East

300.3

375.6

416.0

477.6

460.3

457.7

489.4

544.8

657.7

663.7

497.3

407.0

450.4

467.4

Afghanistan

18.5

16.7

16.6

17.2

19.4

18.7

19.0

19.3

18.8

18.3

18.2

14.7

14.7

11.0

Cyprus

0.5

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

Egypt

8.4

9.6

10.4

9.8

10.5

11.3

12.7

12.6

11.5

11.2

12.9

13.0

15.0

16.0

Iran

13.9

9.0

9.8

12.1

13.9

20.0

25.2

25.2

28.7

35.0

39.2

42.0

35.0

29.0

Iraq

5.4

8.5

9.2

18.3

20.3

20.6

20.4

20.4

18.2

18.8

18.8

19.0

19.2

18.7

Jordan

1.4

2.0

2.5

1.0

1.6

1.8

2.0

2.0

1.7

3.5

4.0

4.5

4.0

5.0

Lebanon

50.2

35.8

24.0

17.5

16.5

16.0

17.4

15.8

15.9

16.0

15.5

14.8

13.0

11.0

Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya

2.3

1.7

2.3

2.4

2.6

2.6

2.6

3.2

4.0

4.7

5.0

3.6

4.0

4.0

Saudi Arabia

4.9

4.3

6.3

4.9

5.9

8.9

11.7

11.4

11.5

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.8

11.8

Sudan

12.6

12.8

13.5

14.2

16.0

20.9

25.8

26.4

20.0

19.8

20.6

20.0

20.5

20.4

Syrian Arab
Republic

28.0

29.6

32.2

34.4

33.0

26.7

32.0

31.9

37.2

38.6

41.3

43.5

43.0

40.3

Turkey

154.1

244.9

288.4

344.9

320.4

310.0

320.5

376.2

490.0

486.0

310.0

220.0

270.0

300.0

Far East

850.1

1 025.2

1 188.8

1 311.9

1 372.0

1 521.8

1 552.6

1 677.7

1 717.1

1 790.3

1 888.2

2 124.4

2 258.6

2 301.3

Bangladesh

34.9

43.6

50.0

53.1

57.0

61.7

66.5

72.0

78.7

81.8

79.7

79.7

80.0

80.0

China

117.1

216.3

274.4

336.2

406.3

523.0

534.2

641.2

706.1

768.7

865.3

1 057.6

1 167.2

1 219.4

China,
Hong Kong

0.3

1.7

0.1

2.3

3.8

1.5

1.8

0.5

0.7

2.1

3.0

India

487.2

505.1

555.8

597.5

601.9

620.5

636.1

664.1

669.1

678.9

687.8

704.4

721.5

720.3

Indonesia

16.1

27.8

31.8

38.0

36.1

38.3

39.3

36.5

38.6

39.1

30.0

32.5

36.0

35.0

Korea,
Republic of

13.0

48.6

91.0

98.5

77.4

64.0

51.3

41.6

43.0

35.2

40.4

57.6

60.0

49.0

Mongolia

21.8

20.9

20.1

22.6

18.7

15.5

15.3

16.1

19.9

15.9

18.2

18.8

17.7

16.2

Myanmar

3.1

1.1

2.3

1.3

1.6

2.3

2.4

2.2

2.3

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.9

3.5

Nepal

20.2

19.5

18.2

14.7

13.7

14.1

13.4

13.8

14.0

14.1

14.1

14.8

14.7

16.0

Pakistan

129.1

130.3

132.2

137.7

144.9

169.5

180.8

178.4

132.3

139.5

134.3

140.0

145.0

148.0

Philippines

5.4

6.9

6.9

7.3

7.5

8.3

8.7

8.9

9.1

9.4

10.0

10.0

10.2

10.2

Singapore

0.0

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.3

Sri Lanka

1.7

2.1

2.3

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

Thailand

0.3

1.1

3.3

0.7

1.1

1.2

0.9

0.8

1.5

1.6

1.3

1.6

1.8

1.8

Developed All

1 829.5

1 780.7

1 668.1

1 582.5

1 495.3

1 501.5

1 362.4

1 303.9

1 248.2

1 233.4

1 182.3

1 184.8

1 283.5

1 300.1

North America

87.1

88.8

92.5

89.5

90.8

86.0

87.0

86.0

72.6

72.5

74.8

73.5

71.7

67.5

Canada

5.9

6.2

6.0

6.5

5.8

3.0

2.0

3.0

2.6

2.5

2.8

3.5

3.7

2.5

USA

81.2

82.6

86.5

83.0

85.0

83.0

85.0

83.0

70.0

70.0

72.0

70.0

68.0

65.0

Europe

1 342.4

1 309.7

1 242.4

1 164.8

1 063.6

1 063.3

1 025.5

999.7

986.7

987.6

920.0

893.8

960.7

996.4

EU (15)

1 252.7

1 210.3

1 161.5

1 087.8

992.7

979.6

953.6

913.0

902.3

904.3

847.1

824.9

893.4

938.5

Austria

9.3

2.7

1.6

1.7

2.3

2.4

3.4

4.4

4.5

4.0

3.7

2.8

2.8

2.6

Belgium-
Luxembourg

3.5

2.3

2.1

2.5

2.4

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.0

1.6

1.0

1.8

Denmark

0.8

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.8

0.5

0.6

Finland

7.2

6.7

6.8

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.7

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.0

3.8

4.0

France

221.3

215.2

214.6

200.2

182.5

132.3

99.1

81.3

66.0

79.5

85.0

70.0

50.0

40.0

Germany

37.3

21.2

16.8

14.0

17.1

10.5

19.2

19.5

18.7

19.0

20.0

21.0

20.0

25.0

Greece

42.3

41.3

47.4

47.3

38.1

46.2

39.8

41.8

35.8

41.2

42.0

51.0

32.8

35.3

Ireland

1.1

1.7

2.2

1.5

2.4

3.0

4.0

4.0

4.2

3.4

3.9

4.7

5.2

4.8

Italy

468.0

437.9

469.4

413.3

373.5

382.7

412.3

409.0

419.8

432.7

370.3

387.5

494.1

497.0

Netherlands

6.8

4.9

5.5

12.0

9.0

11.0

8.0

11.0

12.0

9.0

14.0

9.0

7.0

11.0

Portugal

19.6

22.7

22.8

21.7

20.2

20.2

18.6

18.0

20.5

22.3

22.1

21.0

22.0

20.0

Spain

314.1

355.0

287.0

252.6

221.0

220.0

222.7

231.4

227.5

211.4

218.0

183.3

224.4

229.8

Sweden

6.7

6.2

6.0

5.9

5.8

5.6

5.5

5.7

6.0

6.3

6.8

7.0

6.3

6.5

UK

114.6

92.0

79.0

110.3

113.4

138.8

114.1

80.2

80.6

68.8

54.6

61.2

23.5

60.0

Rest of Europe

89.7

99.5

80.9

77.0

70.9

83.7

71.9

86.7

84.4

83.3

72.9

68.9

67.2

57.9

Albania

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.0

4.0

3.5

3.0

3.5

4.5

Bulgaria

23.5

25.9

23.9

26.7

22.2

30.6

23.1

25.9

16.4

18.6

17.7

16.5

15.0

14.0

Croatia

0.0

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.2

Czech Republic

2.2

5.2

10.6

10.7

10.0

8.3

5.0

6.6

5.2

Czechoslovakia

15.2

13.3

10.7

4.4

4.2

Hungary

5.6

4.3

1.7

1.3

1.0

2.3

2.4

3.2

2.4

1.7

2.2

1.9

1.5

1.5

Norway

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

Poland

15.5

26.5

15.3

16.0

15.5

18.0

12.0

14.0

21.0

21.0

14.0

17.0

18.0

16.0

Romania

28.7

28.4

28.2

27.9

26.0

22.5

20.1

25.0

20.3

17.3

17.5

16.0

11.0

7.0

Slovakia

3.0

3.0

4.0

2.8

4.5

6.0

6.0

7.3

7.0

Slovenia

1.4

3.9

5.0

3.0

4.7

5.0

2.8

2.5

3.4

2.0

Switzerland

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

Area Former
USSR

305.4

284.7

245.3

253.3

253.4

272.4

186.8

161.6

134.2

110.2

122.0

120.0

129.7

126.5

Oceania
Developed

48.3

41.6

35.1

37.6

49.4

52.9

49.7

45.3

46.3

53.0

58.1

91.0

114.5

104.0

Australia

17.2

22.5

21.0

23.0

22.5

22.8

18.7

16.8

15.0

14.0

15.0

15.0

14.5

14.0

New Zealand

31.0

19.2

14.1

14.6

26.9

30.1

31.0

28.5

31.3

39.0

43.1

76.0

100.0

90.0

Developed
Other

46.4

55.8

52.8

37.3

38.1

26.9

13.4

11.3

8.4

10.1

7.4

6.5

6.9

5.7

Israel

1.9

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

2.0

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

Japan

44.5

53.8

50.8

35.4

36.2

24.9

11.3

9.4

6.6

8.3

5.6

4.8

5.2

4.0