Table 5
Forest area, volume and biomass 1990 in the developed countries |
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Country |
Area |
Volume
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Biomass
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1 000 ha |
m3/ha |
Total (million m3) |
tons/ha |
Total (million tons) |
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Finland |
20 112 |
85 |
1 710 |
47 |
945 |
|
Norway |
8 697 |
71 |
617 |
36 |
313 |
|
Sweden |
24 437 |
107 |
2 615 |
57 |
1 393 |
|
Nordics |
53 246 |
93 |
4 942 |
50 |
2 651 |
|
Belgium |
620 |
145 |
90 |
86 |
53 |
|
Denmark |
466 |
116 |
54 |
82 |
38 |
|
Iceland | ||||||
Ireland |
396 |
76 |
30 |
34 |
13 |
|
Netherlands |
334 |
156 |
52 |
95 |
32 |
|
United Kingdom |
2 207 |
92 |
203 |
56 |
124 |
|
North Western Europe |
4 023 |
107 |
429 |
65 |
260 |
|
Austria |
3 877 |
257 |
996 |
125 |
485 |
|
Former Czechoslovakia |
4 491 |
221 |
993 |
147 |
660 |
|
France |
13 110 |
136 |
1 783 |
93 |
1 219 |
|
Germany |
10 490 |
266 |
2 790 |
151 |
1 584 |
|
Luxembourg |
85 |
150 |
13 |
89 |
8 |
|
Poland |
8 672 |
165 |
1 431 |
108 |
937 |
|
Switzerland |
1 130 |
329 |
372 |
176 |
199 |
|
Central Eastern Europe |
41 855 |
200 |
8 378 |
122 |
5 091 |
|
Albania |
1 046 |
79 |
83 |
46 |
48 |
|
Bulgaria |
3 386 |
118 |
400 |
61 |
207 |
|
Cyprus |
140 |
33 |
5 |
31 |
4 |
|
Greece |
2 512 |
63 |
158 |
34 |
85 |
|
Hungary |
1 675 |
172 |
288 |
111 |
186 |
|
Israel |
102 |
36 |
4 |
54 |
6 |
|
Italy |
6 750 |
110 |
743 |
81 |
547 |
|
Romania |
6 190 |
212 |
1 312 |
110 |
681 |
|
Turkey |
8 856 |
86 |
762 |
63 |
558 |
|
Former Yugoslavia, SFR |
8 371 |
132 |
1 105 |
103 |
862 |
|
South East Europe |
39 028 |
124 |
4 858 |
82 |
3 184 |
|
Portugal |
2 755 |
68 |
187 |
45 |
124 |
|
Spain |
8 388 |
56 |
470 |
66 |
554 |
|
Iberia |
11 143 |
59 |
657 |
61 |
678 |
|
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Europe |
149 295 |
129 |
19 264 |
79 |
11 864 |
|
|
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Belarus |
6 016 |
134 |
806 |
83 |
499 |
|
Other former USSR |
739 729 |
111 |
82 110 |
68 |
50 302 |
|
Ukraine |
9 213 |
143 |
1 317 |
92 |
848 |
|
|
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Former USSR |
754 958 |
112 |
84 234 |
68 |
51 648 |
|
|
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Canada |
247 164 |
116 |
28 671 |
103 |
25 458 |
|
USA |
209 573 |
118 |
24 730 |
93 |
19 490 |
|
|
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North America |
456 737 |
117 |
53 401 |
98 |
44 948 |
|
|
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Australia |
39 837 |
83 |
3 306 |
61 |
2 430 |
|
Japan |
24 158 |
118 |
2 851 |
62 |
1 498 |
|
New Zealand |
7 472 |
53 |
396 |
28 |
209 |
|
|
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Developed Asia/Oceania |
71 467 |
92 |
6 553 |
58 |
4 137 |
|
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TOTAL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES |
1 432 457 |
114 |
163 451 |
79 |
112 598 |
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Table 5
Forest area, volume and biomass 1990 in the developing countries |
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Country |
Area |
Volume
|
Biomass
|
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1 000 ha |
m3/ha |
Total (million m3) |
tons/ha |
Total (million tons) |
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AFRICA | ||||||
Burkina Faso |
4 416 |
38 |
167.8 |
79 |
349.2 |
|
Cape Verde |
6 |
(,71. ) |
0.4 |
150 |
1.0 |
|
Chad |
11 434 |
30 |
343.0 |
63 |
717.6 |
|
Gambia |
97 |
48 |
4.7 |
100 |
9.6 |
|
GuineaBissau |
2 021 |
36 |
72.8 |
83 |
167.0 |
|
Mali |
12 144 |
30 |
364.3 |
62 |
749.5 |
|
Mauritania |
554 |
30 |
16.6 |
63 |
35.0 |
|
Niger |
2 550 |
14 |
35.7 |
32 |
82.3 |
|
Senegal |
7 544 |
35 |
264.0 |
69 |
517.2 |
|
West Sahelian Africa |
40 766 |
31 |
1 269.3 |
64 |
2 628.3 |
|
Djibouti |
22 |
18 |
0.4 |
(,40. ) |
1.9 |
|
Ethiopia, former PDR |
14 165 |
69 |
977.4 |
144 |
2 038.6 |
|
Kenya |
1 187 |
65 |
77.2 |
95 |
112.7 |
|
Somalia |
754 |
50 |
37.7 |
102 |
76.6 |
|
Sudan |
42 976 |
32 |
1 375.2 |
62 |
2 647.9 |
|
Uganda |
6 346 |
40 |
253.8 |
59 |
376.6 |
|
East Sahelian Africa |
65 450 |
42 |
2 721.7 |
80 |
5 254.2 |
|
Benin |
4 947 |
22 |
108.8 |
40 |
198.1 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
10 904 |
190 |
2 071.8 |
80 |
870.2 |
|
Ghana |
9 555 |
50 |
477.8 |
86 |
817.0 |
|
Guinea |
6 692 |
51 |
341.3 |
84 |
559.1 |
|
Liberia |
4 633 |
152 |
704.2 |
227 |
1 049.5 |
|
Nigeria |
15 634 |
64 |
1 000.6 |
103 |
1 615.8 |
|
Sierra Leone |
1 889 |
59 |
111.5 |
106 |
200.2 |
|
Togo |
1 353 |
45 |
60.9 |
73 |
99.1 |
|
West Africa |
55 607 |
88 |
4 876.8 |
97 |
5 408.9 |
|
Cameroon |
20 350 |
190 |
3 866.5 |
145 |
2 951.4 |
|
Central African Republic |
30 562 |
101 |
3 086.8 |
125 |
3 808.8 |
|
Congo |
19 865 |
234 |
4 648.4 |
275 |
5 466.4 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
1 826 |
205 |
374.3 |
263 |
480.3 |
|
Gabon |
18 235 |
234 |
4 267.0 |
281 |
5 118.5 |
|
Zaire |
113 275 |
204 |
23 108.1 |
252 |
28 523.2 |
|
Central Africa |
204 113 |
193 |
39 351.1 |
227 |
46 348.6 |
|
Angola |
23 074 |
37 |
853.7 |
70 |
1 624.9 |
|
Botswana |
14 261 |
(,20. ) |
287.4 |
38 |
546.2 |
|
Burundi |
233 |
36 |
8.4 |
69 |
16.1 |
|
Malawi |
3 486 |
75 |
261.5 |
139 |
485.7 |
|
Mozambique |
17 329 |
37 |
641.2 |
80 |
1 383.8 |
|
Namibia |
12 569 |
(,20. ) |
253.3 |
38 |
481.4 |
|
Rwanda |
164 |
90 |
14.8 |
164 |
26.9 |
|
United Republic of Tanzania |
33 555 |
64 |
2 147.5 |
43 |
1 445.3 |
|
Zambia |
32 301 |
25 |
807.5 |
70 |
2 273.2 |
|
Zimbabwe |
8 897 |
31 |
275.8 |
61 |
540.2 |
|
Tropical South Africa |
145 869 |
38 |
5 551.0 |
60 |
8 823.6 |
|
Comoros |
11 |
94 |
1.0 |
174 |
16.4 |
|
Madagascar |
15 782 |
58 |
915.4 |
107 |
1 680.3 |
|
Mauritius |
3 |
(,95. ) |
0.3 |
(,170. ) |
0.5 |
|
Reunion |
93 |
115 |
10.7 |
193 |
22.2 |
|
Saint Helena |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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Seychelles |
3 |
100 |
0.3 |
180 |
18.0 |
|
Insular Africa |
15 892 |
58 |
927.6 |
109 |
1 737.4 |
|
|
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Tropical Africa |
527 697 |
104 |
54 697.5 |
133 |
70 201.1 |
|
|
||||||
Algeria |
1 554 |
40 |
62.2 |
127 |
197.4 |
|
Egypt |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Libya Arab Jamahiriya |
190 |
(,27. ) |
5.0 |
(,70. ) |
13.3 |
|
Morocco |
3 543 |
45 |
159.4 |
122 |
432.2 |
|
Tunisia |
368 |
37 |
13.6 |
75 |
27.6 |
|
North Africa |
5 655 |
42 |
240.3 |
119 |
670.5 |
|
Lesotho |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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South Africa |
7 243 |
(,99. ) |
713.4 |
197 |
1 426.9 |
|
Swaziland |
74 |
(,50. ) |
3.7 |
(,100. ) |
7.4 |
|
Non Tropical South Africa |
7 317 |
98 |
717.1 |
196 |
1 434.3 |
|
|
||||||
Non tropical Africa |
12 972 |
74 |
957.4 |
162 |
2 104.8 |
|
|
||||||
TOTAL AFRICA |
540 669 |
103 |
55 654.9 |
134 |
72 305.8 |
|
|
||||||
ASIA/PACIFIC | ||||||
Bangladesh |
769 |
77 |
59.2 |
136 |
104.2 |
|
Bhutan |
2 809 |
150 |
421.4 |
181 |
508.1 |
|
India |
51 729 |
47 |
2 431.3 |
93 |
4 805.7 |
|
Nepal |
5 023 |
55 |
276.3 |
109 |
548.7 |
|
Pakistan |
1 855 |
87 |
161.4 |
110 |
203.2 |
|
Sri Lanka |
1 746 |
45 |
78.6 |
113 |
197.7 |
|
South Asia |
63 931 |
54 |
3 428.0 |
100 |
6 367.6 |
|
Cambodia |
12 163 |
122 |
1 483.9 |
178 |
2 162.9 |
|
Laos |
13 173 |
128 |
1 686.1 |
193 |
2 544.1 |
|
Myanmar |
28 856 |
145 |
4 184.1 |
217 |
6 258.9 |
|
Thailand |
12 735 |
62 |
789.6 |
125 |
1 585.3 |
|
Vietnam |
8 312 |
119 |
989.1 |
183 |
1 523.6 |
|
Continental S. E. Asia |
75 239 |
121 |
9 132.8 |
187 |
14 074.8 |
|
Brunei Darussalam |
458 |
272 |
124.6 |
296 |
135.5 |
|
Indonesia |
109 549 |
179 |
19 609.3 |
203 |
22 261.4 |
|
Malaysia |
17 583 |
214 |
3 762.8 |
261 |
4 590.9 |
|
Philippines |
7 831 |
182 |
1 425.2 |
236 |
1 848.4 |
|
Singapore |
4 |
169 |
0.7 |
200 |
0.9 |
|
Insular S. E. Asia |
135 425 |
184 |
24 922.5 |
213 |
28 837.1 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
36 000 |
(,168. ) |
6 063.1 |
191 |
6 890.3 |
|
American Samoa |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Fiji |
775 |
(,118. ) |
91.2 |
206 |
159.7 |
|
French Polynesia |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Guam |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Kiribati |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
New Caledonia |
701 |
(,113. ) |
78.9 |
197 |
138.1 |
|
Niue |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Pacific Islands |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Samoa |
124 |
(,126. ) |
15.6 |
220 |
27.3 |
|
Solomon Islands |
2 394 |
(,115. ) |
275.0 |
201 |
481.2 |
|
Tonga |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Vanuatu |
802 |
(,123. ) |
99.0 |
216 |
173.2 |
|
Pacific |
40 796 |
162 |
6 622.8 |
193 |
7 869.8 |
|
|
||||||
Total tropical Asia |
315 391 |
140 |
44 106.2 |
181 |
57 149.3 |
|
|
||||||
Afghanistan |
1 191 |
80 |
95.3 |
161 |
12.9 |
|
Bahrain |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Iran |
1 658 |
(,80. ) |
133.2 |
(,200. ) |
331.6 |
|
Iraq |
69 |
43 |
3.0 |
119 |
5.1 |
|
Jordan |
28 |
(,40. ) |
1.1 |
(,100. ) |
2.8 |
|
Kuwait |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Lebanon |
65 |
(,40. ) |
2.6 |
(,100. ) |
6.5 |
|
Oman |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Qatar |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Saudi Arabia |
201 |
(,8. ) |
1.6 |
(,20. ) |
4.0 |
|
Syrian Arab Republic |
118 |
45 |
5.3 |
121 |
5.4 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Yemen |
9 |
(,8. ) |
0.1 |
(,20. ) |
0.2 |
|
Middle East |
3 339 |
73 |
242.2 |
110 |
368.5 |
|
China |
101 968 |
96 |
9 788.9 |
157 |
16 009.0 |
|
Korea, DPR |
4 700 |
(,55. ) |
257.9 |
(,90. ) |
423.0 |
|
Korea, Rep. |
6 291 |
(,73. ) |
460.3 |
(,120. ) |
754.9 |
|
Mongolia |
9 406 |
(,37. ) |
344.1 |
(,60. ) |
564.4 |
|
Temperate Asia |
122 365 |
89 |
10 851.3 |
145 |
17 751.3 |
|
|
||||||
Total non tropical Asia |
125 704 |
88 |
11 093.5 |
144 |
18 119.8 |
|
|
||||||
TOTAL ASIA/PACIFIC |
441 095 |
125 |
55 199.6 |
171 |
75 269.1 |
|
|
||||||
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN | ||||||
Costa Rica |
1 428 |
103 |
147.1 |
184 |
261.9 |
|
El Salvador |
123 |
42 |
5.2 |
94 |
11.6 |
|
Guatemala |
4 225 |
98 |
414.1 |
172 |
725.5 |
|
Honduras |
4 605 |
75 |
345.4 |
115 |
527.3 |
|
Mexico |
48 586 |
38 |
1 846.3 |
65 |
3 173.6 |
|
Nicaragua |
6 013 |
108 |
649.4 |
181 |
1 088.1 |
|
Panama |
3 117 |
141 |
439.5 |
223 |
695.4 |
|
Central America |
68 097 |
56 |
3 846.8 |
95 |
6 483.4 |
|
Barbados |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Bermuda |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
British Virgin Islands |
3 |
(,62. ) |
0.2 |
(,120. ) |
0.4 |
|
Cayman Islands |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
Monserrat |
3 |
(,62. ) |
0.2 |
(,120. ) |
0.3 |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
St.Pierre & Miquelon |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|||
United States Virgin Islands |
14 |
(,52. ) |
0.7 |
(,100. ) |
1.4 |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
10 |
(,62. ) |
0.6 |
120 |
1.2 |
|
Bahamas |
186 |
(,62. ) |
11.6 |
120 |
22.3 |
|
Belize |
1 996 |
50 |
99.8 |
128 |
255.0 |
|
Cuba |
1 715 |
48 |
82.3 |
122 |
209.0 |
|
Dominica |
44 |
(,62. ) |
2.7 |
120 |
5.3 |
|
Dominican Republic |
1 077 |
41 |
44.2 |
99 |
106.3 |
|
French Guyana |
7 997 |
274 |
2 191.2 |
313 |
2 499.8 |
|
Grenada |
6 |
(,62. ) |
0.4 |
120 |
0.7 |
|
Guadeloupe |
93 |
(,62. ) |
5.8 |
120 |
11.1 |
|
Guyana |
18 416 |
176 |
3 241.2 |
248 |
4 571.5 |
|
Haiti |
23 |
44 |
1.0 |
100 |
2.3 |
|
Jamaica |
239 |
94 |
22.5 |
181 |
43.2 |
|
Martinique |
43 |
(,62. ) |
2.7 |
120 |
5.1 |
|
Puerto Rico |
321 |
(,62. ) |
20.0 |
120 |
38.5 |
|
St. Kitts and Nevis |
13 |
(,62. ) |
0.8 |
120 |
1.6 |
|
St. Lucia |
5 |
(,62. ) |
0.3 |
120 |
0.5 |
|
St. Vincent |
11 |
(,62. ) |
0.7 |
120 |
1.3 |
|
Suriname |
14 768 |
190 |
2 805.9 |
259 |
3 830.6 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
155 |
123 |
19.1 |
210 |
32.6 |
|
Caribbean |
47 138 |
181 |
8 553.8 |
247 |
11 639.9 |
|
Bolivia |
49 317 |
74 |
3 649.5 |
150 |
7 376.2 |
|
Brazil |
561 107 |
116 |
65 088.4 |
189 |
106 053.4 |
|
Colombia |
54 064 |
111 |
6 001.1 |
195 |
10 514.6 |
|
Ecuador |
11 962 |
109 |
1 303.9 |
197 |
2 354.6 |
|
Paraguay |
12 859 |
27 |
347.2 |
62 |
795.6 |
|
Peru |
67 906 |
156 |
10 593.3 |
236 |
16 013.6 |
|
Venezuela |
45 690 |
107 |
4 888.8 |
189 |
8 615.4 |
|
Tropical South America |
802 905 |
114 |
91 872.2 |
189 |
151 723.4 |
|
|
||||||
Tropical Latin America/Caribbean |
918 140 |
114 |
104 272.8 |
185 |
169 846.8 |
|
|
||||||
Argentina |
33 889 |
108 |
3 660.0 |
252 |
8 540.0 |
|
Chile |
7 018 |
198 |
1 389.6 |
253 |
1 775.6 |
|
Uruguay |
657 |
150 |
98.6 |
220 |
144.5 |
|
|
||||||
Non Tropical South America |
41 564 |
124 |
5 148.1 |
252 |
10 460.1 |
|
|
||||||
TOTAL LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN |
959 704 |
114 |
109 421.0 |
188 |
180 306.9 |
|
|
||||||
TOTAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
1 941 467 |
113 |
220 275.5 |
169 |
327 881.9 |
|
|
||||||
GRAND TOTAL |
3 373 924 |
114 |
383 726.6 |
131 |
440 479.4 |
|
|