Facts and figures

Forests and the economy

• Global employment in the formal forestry sector - 14 million people (2006). Source
• Global gross value-added in the forestry sector: US$ 468 billion (2006). Source
• Global trade in primary wood products: US$ 228 billion (2007). Source
• Global roundwood production: 3 591 million cubic meters (2007). Source
• Countries with the highest contribution of the forestry sector to gross domestic product (GDP): Solomon Islands, Bhutan, Papua New Guinea, Finland, Sweden, Malaysia, the Baltic States and some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South America. Source
• Small-scale forest product enterprises are among the top three non-farm rural commercial activities in most countries.