Designated functions of forest – primary function 2005
Country/area Forest
Total area Production Protection Conservation Social services Multiple purpose None or unknown
1000 ha % % % % % %
Angola 59,104 4.0 - 3.2 - - 92.9
Botswana 11,943 - - - - - -
British Indian Ocean Territory 3 - - - - - -
Comoros 5 26.6 73.4 0 0 0 0
Kenya 3,522 n.s. 100.0 - - - -
Lesotho 8 92.5 - - - - 7.5
Madagascar 12,838 26.3 1.4 39.4 - 32.9 -
Malawi 3,402 - - - - - -
Mauritius 37 29.7 43.2 21.6 8.1 - -
Mayotte 5 - - - - - -
Mozambique 19,262 17.5 - 2.3 - 80.2 -
Namibia 7,661 - - 35.9 - 16.5 47.5
Réunion 84 6.2 14.9 72.0 0.8 0 6.1
Seychelles 40 2.5 15.0 5.0 20.0 15.0 42.5
South Africa 9,203 15.5 - 10.3 - 74.2 -
Swaziland 541 26.8 - - - - 73.0
Uganda 3,627 14.9 - 14.8 - - 70.2
United Republic of Tanzania 35,257 71.0 - 6.0 - 22.9 -
Zambia 42,452 7.1 4.2 15.0 - 73.7 -
Zimbabwe 17,540 10.1 2.8 - - 87.1 -
Total Eastern and Southern Africa 226,534 19.4 2.8 9.5 n.s. 39.0 29.1
Algeria 2,277 32.9 63.0 4.0 0.1 - -
Burkina Faso 6,794 8.2 - 0.3 n.s. - 91.5
Chad 11,921 90.3 0.1 9.6 - - -
Djibouti 6 - - - - - -
Egypt 67 1.9 50.0 - - 48.1 -
Eritrea 1,554 1.9 0.9 4.9 - 0.7 91.5
Ethiopia 13,000 3.8 - - - 96.2 -
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 217 - 100.0 - - - -
Mali 12,572 8.0 69.0 23.0 - - -
Mauritania 267 - - - - - 100.0
Morocco 4,364 - - - - - -
Niger 1,266 - 0.2 17.4 - 82.4 -
Somalia 7,131 n.s. - - - 100.0 -
Sudan 67,546 44.9 2.6 12.7 - - 39.9
Tunisia 1,056 23.0 42.0 3.7 - 31.3 -
Western Sahara 1,011 - - - - - -
Total Northern Africa 131,048 35.2 10.0 10.4 n.s. 16.8 27.7
Benin 2,351 - - - - - -
Burundi 152 - - - - - -
Cameroon 21,245 29.3 2.7 48.6 1.0 18.4 -
Cape Verde 84 80.0 8.8 11.2 - - -
Central African Republic 22,755 21.2 - 78.8 - - -
Congo 22,471 88.2 - 4.4 - 7.4 -
Côte d'Ivoire 10,405 88.7 3.3 7.8 0.2 - -
Democratic Republic of the Congo 133,610 - - - - - -
Equatorial Guinea 1,632 - - - - - -
Gabon 21,775 - - - - - -
Gambia 471 - - - - 100.0 -
Ghana 5,517 22.7 6.4 0.8 1.2 - 68.9
Guinea 6,724 1.5 7.3 44.7 - - 46.5
Guinea-Bissau 2,072 39.6 11.7 45.4 3.4 - -
Liberia 3,154 41.5 - 4.1 - 48.3 6.2
Nigeria 11,089 27.6 0 49.6 0 0 22.7
Rwanda 480 76.2 10.8 0 0 12.9 0
Saint Helena 2 - - - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe 27 - - - - - -
Senegal 8,673 59.6 0.4 18.1 n.s. 21.9 -
Sierra Leone 2,754 10.3 1.2 2.8 - - 85.7
Togo 386 68.0 16.0 16.0 - - -
Total Western and Central Africa 277,829 44.6 1.9 35.0 0.3 8.1 10.1
Total Africa 635,412 30.3 4.6 16.4 0.1 24.8 23.8
China 197,290 58.0 31.3 2.7 1.2 6.8 -
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,187 86.2 - 13.8 - - -
Japan 24,868 0 0 0 0 100.0 0
Mongolia 10,252 8.9 44.0 46.2 0.9 - -
Republic of Korea 6,265 77.8 11.4 7.5 3.3 - 0
Total East Asia 244,862 51.2 27.4 4.7 1.1 15.6 0
Bangladesh 871 31.7 7.8 20.9 1.1 38.5 0
Bhutan 3,195 15.9 45.8 27.2 - - 11.1
Brunei Darussalam 278 62.6 6.8 29.1 1.4 - -
Cambodia 10,447 32.3 3.9 21.3 0.9 3.9 37.8
India 67,701 21.2 14.8 21.7 - 42.4 -
Indonesia 88,495 53.9 27.5 18.6 - - -
Lao People's Democratic Republic 16,142 21.6 54.7 23.5 0.2 - -
Malaysia 20,890 56.6 18.2 5.4 - 19.8 -
Maldives 1 - - - - - -
Myanmar 32,222 77.0 4.7 15.2 - 3.2 -
Nepal 3,636 5.1 12.1 21.4 - 14.7 46.8
Pakistan 1,902 32.0 - 11.4 - 56.7 -
Philippines 7,162 75.0 11.0 12.0 - - 2.0
Singapore 2 - - 100.0 - - -
Sri Lanka 1,933 8.8 1.0 28.9 - 61.3 -
Thailand 14,520 13.8 7.6 58.3 - 1.1 19.3
Timor-Leste 798 17.3 59.3 23.4 - - -
Viet Nam 12,931 39.8 45.5 14.7 - - -
Total South and South-east Asia 283,127 42.4 20.9 20.2 0.1 13.3 3.2
Afghanistan 867 - - - - 100.0 -
Armenia 283 0 61.8 17.0 21.2 0 0
Azerbaijan 936 0 92.3 7.7 - 0 0
Bahrain n.s. - 100.0 - - - -
Cyprus 174 24.7 - 2.9 10.3 55.6 5.7
Georgia 2,760 0 78.4 8.2 13.4 0 0
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11,075 13.5 - 1.4 - 85.1 -
Iraq 822 - 80.0 20.0 - - -
Israel 171 - 12.9 4.1 - 83.0 -
Jordan 83 0 6.0 1.2 1.2 91.6 0
Kazakhstan 3,337 0 0 15.9 12.8 71.3 0
Kuwait 6 - 100.0 - - - -
Kyrgyzstan 869 0 78.0 7.4 1.5 13.1 0
Lebanon 136 97.4 - 2.6 - - -
Occupied Palestinian Territory 9 - - - - - -
Oman 2 100.0 - - - - -
Qatar n.s. - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 2,728 - - - - 100.0 -
Syrian Arab Republic 461 - - - - 100.0 -
Tajikistan 410 5.4 10.7 83.9 0 0 0
Turkey 10,175 78.3 13.9 7.6 0.2 0 0
Turkmenistan 4,127 0 97.5 2.5 - 0 0
United Arab Emirates 312 - - - - 100.0 -
Uzbekistan 3,295 0.2 91.5 8.3 - - -
Yemen 549 - - - - 100.0 -
Total Western and Central Asia 43,588 22.2 30.0 6.4 2.1 39.3 n.s.
Total Asia 571,577 44.7 24.3 12.5 0.6 16.3 1.6
Albania 794 68.3 22.7 9.0 - - -
Andorra 16 - - - - - -
Austria 3,862 - - - - - -
Belarus 7,894 50.6 28.3 5.9 15.2 0 0
Belgium 667 - - - - 100.0 -
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,185 56.1 - - - - 43.9
Bulgaria 3,625 - - - - - -
Channel Islands 1 - - - - - -
Croatia 2,135 94.7 2.3 0.3 0.3 2.4 0
Czech Republic 2,648 75.2 6.3 7.0 11.5 - 0
Denmark 500 38.6 6.8 16.2 - 38.6 -
Estonia 2,284 71.8 22.0 6.2 0 0 0
Faeroe Islands n.s. - - - - - -
Finland 22,500 91.2 0 7.2 0.2 1.5 0
France 15,554 96.9 1.5 1.2 0.3 - -
Germany 11,076 - 21.9 19.3 42.3 - 16.5
Gibraltar 0 - - - - - -
Greece 3,752 92.1 - 4.2 - - 3.7
Holy See 0 - - - - - -
Hungary 1,976 64.5 13.3 20.6