1984-86
average

1987-89
average

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001
prel.

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

World

2 656.7

3 539.0

4 328.5

4 768.1

5 051.3

5 590.6

8 180.0

9 510.0

10 220.4

10 420.2

10 124.5

10 735.5

12 078.3

12 707.5

Developing All

932.5

1 330.2

1 666.9

2 028.4

2 543.7

3 401.5

5 427.3

6 448.0

7 355.8

7 361.1

6 968.4

7 913.9

8 731.2

9 461.1

Latin America &
Caribbean

116.8

148.4

84.5

94.8

99.1

108.2

116.9

131.1

142.4

135.8

216.0

139.4

179.7

186.6

Argentina

0.9

1.7

2.5

1.3

0.1

0.4

0.2

2.0

2.1

3.4

7.7

14.3

12.0

4.3

Bolivia

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.9

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.3

Brazil

77.9

95.7

38.3

25.9

24.9

31.4

37.0

31.5

41.9

38.6

28.7

22.3

60.6

38.4

Chile

1.7

3.7

4.2

10.4

13.5

11.7

3.6

6.7

4.8

8.6

7.0

7.5

5.6

4.2

Colombia

1.4

1.7

2.1

2.1

2.6

3.1

9.8

9.6

6.6

5.9

3.2

1.6

1.7

3.8

Costa Rica

0.8

0.8

0.8

2.5

3.1

3.0

3.6

4.2

1.1

4.3

2.5

2.3

3.5

2.6

Dominican
Republic

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

Ecuador

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.9

1.3

El Salvador

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.4

2.3

2.4

2.6

3.1

6.5

5.6

4.0

2.8

3.0

2.5

Guatemala

1.0

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.1

2.4

2.9

9.2

13.3

11.3

11.9

10.8

Haiti

5.4

6.9

9.0

9.2

9.4

9.6

9.8

9.9

9.8

9.7

9.1

9.1

8.7

8.6

Honduras

0.1

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.4

3.7

3.2

4.1

1.5

2.5

1.6

0.5

0.5

0.5

Jamaica

0.3

1.4

2.5

0.6

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

Mexico

19.3

18.2

11.1

10.2

17.9

19.0

23.8

30.0

43.9

20.6

91.0

44.0

52.3

79.0

Nicaragua

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.5

1.4

0.8

0.2

Panama

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.7

0.6

1.1

0.9

1.3

1.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.8

Paraguay

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.6

Peru

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.3

1.0

2.1

2.5

3.7

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.5

1.3

1.0

Trinidad and
Tobago

0.7

1.1

0.7

1.4

1.9

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

Uruguay

5.9

13.9

9.6

21.6

12.1

10.5

7.8

8.0

9.0

10.2

37.4

12.4

12.0

22.1

Venezuela

0.6

0.5

0.7

4.0

7.1

7.3

7.8

12.5

5.2

10.4

4.5

4.6

2.4

3.7

Africa

33.5

33.7

33.8

37.3

41.1

34.5

36.9

39.7

41.1

44.9

57.0

60.3

54.7

67.5

Algeria

8.0

5.4

7.0

7.0

8.0

7.0

8.0

7.0

7.0

7.5

7.5

8.0

0.1

3.9

Cameroon

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.1

0.7

0.7

0.2

0.3

Congo,
Republic of

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Ghana

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.6

Kenya

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Malawi

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mauritius

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

Morocco

8.9

11.9

10.7

12.1

9.8

5.9

5.3

5.2

6.0

6.3

17.5

22.4

23.9

30.5

Nigeria

5.2

4.0

4.0

1.9

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.8

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

Tunisia

8.7

9.8

9.6

13.6

18.6

17.0

19.4

23.4

24.4

27.7

27.9

25.7

27.0

29.3

Near East

19.9

39.3

25.7

21.9

24.7

24.7

27.8

33.1

44.8

43.9

39.8

35.9

35.8

32.2

Afghanistan

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Cyprus

8.4

11.7

8.3

6.1

7.5

5.6

6.7

4.7

5.3

4.6

4.5

2.4

1.1

0.9

Egypt

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

Iran

4.9

7.5

10.0

10.0

10.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

10.0

10.0

9.0

10.0

8.0

8.0

Iraq

0.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

Jordan

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.4

0.9

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

Sudan

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Syrian Arab
Republic

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Turkey

4.3

17.5

4.9

3.3

4.4

5.0

8.5

17.0

26.8

26.9

23.7

21.4

24.4

21.0

Far East

762.4

1 108.9

1 523.0

1 874.4

2 378.9

3 234.1

5 245.6

6 244.2

7 127.4

7 136.6

6 655.5

7 678.3

8 461.1

9 174.8

Bangladesh

6.7

9.0

20.0

21.0

23.0

21.0

20.0

20.0

21.0

20.0

19.0

19.5

20.0

22.0

China

50.2

91.5

121.8

170.8

152.7

835.9

1 796.3

2 188.3

2 730.6

2 894.8

2 799.5

7 133.5

7 882.0

8 545.0

China,
Hong Kong

419.5

741.6

1 003.3

1 245.0

1 681.7

1 850.0

2 834.0

3 458.4

3 823.4

3 691.1

3 350.8

India

0.8

6.9

18.0

17.0

17.1

21.0

17.2

25.2

22.7

29.5

39.5

38.0

37.8

43.7

Indonesia

1.0

4.7

34.6

59.7

139.9

168.3

187.0

175.0

172.3

171.4

149.9

120.0

135.3

124.7

Korea,
Republic of

267.5

217.2

238.1

243.4

227.8

212.0

247.3

246.8

229.9

221.8

185.6

241.3

227.9

286.2

Malaysia

2.4

3.0

4.7

6.2

19.4

17.5

38.6

32.5

35.4

35.0

34.8

24.4

24.6

22.0

Pakistan

0.0

0.8

2.5

11.8

6.5

6.8

7.0

8.0

8.0

7.0

7.0

7.5

8.0

8.0

Philippines

3.4

5.3

11.7

11.7

11.8

12.0

11.9

11.5

11.0

13.0

15.3

15.0

16.0

15.0

Singapore

5.9

11.2

20.0

26.5

28.4

24.6

12.6

11.8

13.0

17.8

13.1

20.4

27.2

18.4

Sri Lanka

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.9

0.6

0.4

0.4

Thailand

5.0

17.6

48.3

61.1

70.3

64.7

73.4

66.1

59.7

34.6

40.2

58.2

81.8

89.4

Developed All

1 724.2

2 208.9

2 661.6

2 739.7

2 507.6

2 189.1

2 752.7

3 062.0

2 864.6

3 059.0

3 156.1

2 821.5

3 347.0

3 246.4

North America

244.1

329.3

360.5

307.9

340.5

332.2

351.5

491.2

503.4

592.6

595.0

586.4

661.1

578.7

Canada

18.0

13.8

3.8

1.0

0.8

2.2

1.5

1.2

21.2

25.4

27.4

2.3

32.6

27.0

USA

226.1

315.5

356.7

307.0

339.7

330.0

350.0

490.0

482.2

567.2

567.6

584.1

628.5

551.8

Europe

1 374.5

1 733.2

2 100.5

2 230.1

1 994.0

1 673.1

2 186.6

2 346.9

2 134.8

2 250.6

2 366.4

2 069.3

2 527.2

2 512.6

EU (15)

1 262.4

1 603.2

1 951.3

2 082.6

1 854.4

1 543.4

2 023.1

2 181.9

1 946.1

2 093.4

2 206.7

1 897.4

2 317.3

2 290.8

Austria

38.6

36.3

44.4

37.7

29.4

31.4

34.2

37.5

46.5

59.6

71.1

61.2

55.3

76.9

Belgium-
Luxembourg

28.8

51.6

51.7

33.1

31.7

46.7

60.9

51.7

49.1

55.1

60.8

48.8

56.6

39.8

Denmark

29.3

26.6

21.7

20.3

17.5

8.1

16.2

15.3

14.8

19.5

22.0

20.1

16.6

18.4

Finland

18.0

23.2

19.1

9.1

8.5

9.6

14.8

15.9

14.4

15.4

19.1

14.0

11.2

13.1

France

204.1

226.7

200.7

197.8

180.4

160.8

161.6

152.2

157.0

160.4

155.7

153.7

176.4

153.9

Germany

246.6

264.7

279.7

254.5

253.6

215.7

231.7

209.6

212.2

210.2

214.0

219.4

243.5

215.1

Greece

34.7

32.5

10.1

24.4

24.1

25.0

30.1

36.3

50.6

28.0

24.1

21.8

22.3

12.1

Ireland

7.3

6.1

5.1

4.3

2.8

3.0

3.8

10.2

4.3

3.4

2.3

2.2

2.6

4.4

Italy

311.9

426.3

526.8

434.1

450.1

483.9

795.9

1 044.2

826.8

886.6

977.3

861.3

1 136.1

1 146.3

Netherlands

73.6

78.3

86.2

69.6

64.1

66.4

83.0

72.5

65.2

100.2

65.5

75.8

39.2

45.5

Portugal

49.6

94.2

154.3

132.5

139.1

136.7

167.5

151.5

156.7

150.3

154.9

68.1

45.8

52.3

Spain

78.4

154.1

291.7

334.7

293.1

205.4

190.0

210.2

197.0

221.3

208.8

199.0

206.3

244.3

Sweden

27.2

27.1

21.0

18.2

15.7

16.8

19.1

12.9

12.1

11.2

10.8

10.6

11.8

13.2

UK

114.4

155.4

238.9

512.3

344.4

134.1

214.5

162.0

139.3

172.1

220.3

141.5

293.7

255.4

Rest of Europe

112.1

130.0

149.2

147.6

139.6

129.7

163.5

165.0

188.8

157.2

159.7

171.9

209.9

221.9

Bulgaria

3.9

5.5

7.0

2.0

3.9

2.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

4.5

Croatia

3.0

3.3

4.4

5.3

9.1

6.9

4.5

3.6

8.0

15.7

Czech Republic

1.4

2.2

5.4

5.7

5.3

5.2

6.6

6.0

6.3

Czechoslovakia

9.3

12.8

15.0

17.5

19.0

Hungary

17.0

20.3

16.2

23.5

31.6

38.0

42.6

47.3

35.5

39.9

46.6

49.6

53.9

57.1

Norway

12.0

9.0

7.5

7.7

8.1

6.4

8.9

8.5

10.2

10.2

15.1

13.5

17.2

15.6

Poland

12.3

13.4

10.0

8.0

10.0

10.0

28.5

30.7

53.6

40.0

35.0

40.0

46.6

40.0

Romania

12.5

12.0

12.0

10.0

11.0

12.9

14.9

16.0

22.3

22.0

22.0

24.1

42.0

51.2

Serbia and
Montenegro

25.0

29.0

35.0

28.0

30.0

10.0

10.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

Slovakia

1.5

1.6

1.4

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.5

1.5

1.5

Slovenia

9.0

6.0

4.9

4.3

4.0

4.2

4.5

4.5

3.7

3.6

Switzerland

20.7

20.4

21.8

18.9

19.0

19.2

19.4

16.2

13.7

12.7

11.5

13.0

15.1

15.4

Yugoslav SFR

24.4

36.5

59.6

60.0

Area Former
USSR

50.5

57.7

79.8

70.0

50.0

50.0

60.0

55.0

50.0

55.0

58.0

62.0

60.0

60.0

Oceania
Developed

23.7

37.4

42.5

38.0

38.9

38.2

44.9

51.7

61.8

57.2

43.0

35.2

35.7

34.9

Australia

23.2

35.5

39.1

35.0

36.6

35.9

41.6

47.9

56.0

55.7

40.3

31.8

32.5

32.0

New Zealand

0.5

1.9

3.4

3.0

2.3

2.3

3.2

3.8

5.8

1.5

2.7

3.4

3.2

2.8

Developed
Other

31.3

51.3

78.3

93.6

84.2

95.6

109.7

117.2

114.6

103.6

93.8

68.7

63.0

60.2

Israel

6.5

10.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.5

12.3

12.5

11.5

12.0

11.5

12.0

10.0

10.0

Japan

11.0

24.7

41.3

45.0

35.3

32.2

29.7

34.7

34.1

31.6

25.6

26.0

26.0

26.0

South Africa

13.7

16.7

25.0

36.7

36.9

50.9

67.8

70.0

69.0

60.0

56.7

30.7

27.0

24.2