Annual change in growing stock 1990-2005
Country/area Growing stock Growing stock per hectare
Annual change rate Annual change rate
1990-2000 2000-2005 1990-2000 2000-2005
1000 m³/yr 1000 m³/yr m³/ha/yr m³/ha/yr
Angola -4,870 -4,860 n.s. n.s.
Botswana -1,936 -1,964 n.s. n.s.
British Indian Ocean Territory - - - -
Comoros -87 -153 1.54 -3.32
Kenya -1,346 -1,256 -0.09 -0.08
Lesotho - - - -
Madagascar -11,400 -6,400 n.s. n.s.
Malawi -3,600 -3,600 n.s. 0.01
Mauritius -6 -18 0.06 -0.04
Mayotte - - - -
Mozambique -1,270 -1,280 n.s. n.s.
Namibia -1,800 -1,800 -0.01 n.s.
Réunion - - - -
Seychelles 0 0 0 0
South Africa 0 0 0 0
Swaziland -30 -40 -0.43 -0.40
Uganda -3,730 -3,800 n.s. -0.02
United Republic of Tanzania -14,700 -16,400 n.s. -0.04
Zambia -13,700 -13,880 n.s. n.s.
Zimbabwe -10,500 -10,600 0.01 0.01
Total Eastern and Southern Africa
Algeria 2,708 2,031 n.s. n.s.
Burkina Faso -4,100 -4,200 -0.45 -0.49
Chad -1,500 -1,400 n.s. n.s.
Djibouti 0 0 0 0
Egypt 180 192 n.s. n.s.
Eritrea - - - -
Ethiopia -4,210 -4,220 -0.07 -0.08
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0 0 0 0
Mali -1,513 -1,557 n.s. n.s.
Mauritania -196 -200 0 0
Morocco 2,000 2,000 0.43 0.39
Niger -629 -109 n.s. 0.01
Somalia -1,688 -1,666 n.s. n.s.
Sudan -8,200 -8,200 n.s. n.s.
Tunisia 800 400 -0.04 -0.10
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0
Total Northern Africa
Benin - - - -
Burundi - - - -
Cameroon -13,600 -13,600 n.s. n.s.
Cape Verde 350 40 n.s. -0.04
Central African Republic -5,000 -4,800 n.s. 0.01
Congo -3,500 -3,400 n.s. n.s.
Côte d'Ivoire 3,000 13,000 0.03 0.87
Democratic Republic of the Congo -122,800 -73,800 n.s. n.s.
Equatorial Guinea -1,000 -1,000 n.s. n.s.
Gabon -2,200 -2,200 n.s. n.s.
Gambia 70 70 n.s. -0.01
Ghana -7,100 -6,200 0.10 0.08
Guinea -3,900 -2,800 n.s. n.s.
Guinea-Bissau 0 -200 0.10 0.02
Liberia -9,525 -9,526 n.s. n.s.
Nigeria -45,000 -45,000 0.30 0.47
Rwanda -3,519 10,630 -11.89 16.42
Saint Helena - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0
Senegal -1,700 -1,600 n.s. 0.01
Sierra Leone - - - -
Togo - - - -
Total Western and Central Africa
Total Africa
China 186,560 181,400 0.31 -0.52
Democratic People's Republic of Korea -7,523 -6,872 0.14 0.18
Japan 74,200 79,200 3.02 3.19
Mongolia -10,800 -10,800 n.s. n.s.
Republic of Korea 15,900 19,000 2.57 3.10
Total East Asia
Bangladesh -330 -240 -0.38 -0.18
Bhutan 5,700 5,800 1.22 1.18
Brunei Darussalam -547 -438 n.s. n.s.
Cambodia -14,900 -22,200 -0.11 -0.11
India 29,900 7,200 0.08 0.08
Indonesia -542,000 -561,200 -3.33 -4.61
Lao People's Democratic Republic -4,600 -4,600 n.s. n.s.
Malaysia 24,500 6,800 1.94 1.94
Maldives - - - -
Myanmar -9,200 -14,200 0.73 0.74
Nepal 23,000 -9,400 8.16 n.s.
Pakistan -5,000 -5,200 -0.36 -0.49
Philippines -44,300 -26,800 0.13 0.08
Singapore - - - -
Sri Lanka -981 -1,038 -0.16 -0.19
Thailand -4,800 -2,400 n.s. n.s.
Timor-Leste - - - -
Viet Nam 13,570 11,183 -0.26 -0.40
Total South and South-east Asia
Afghanistan -461 -464 n.s. 0
Armenia -93 -520 1.21 0.10
Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0
Bahrain - - - -
Cyprus 52 15 -0.01 n.s.
Georgia 2,740 2,740 0.99 0.99
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 100 2,000 0.01 0.18
Iraq - - - -
Israel 39 50 0.01 -0.01
Jordan 0 0 0 0
Kazakhstan -215 38 0.12 0.19
Kuwait - - - -
Kyrgyzstan 537 536 0.56 0.54
Lebanon - - - -
Occupied Palestinian Territory - - - -
Oman - - - -
Qatar - - - -
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0
Syrian Arab Republic - - - -
Tajikistan -40 -40 -0.10 -0.10
Turkey 9,890 5,679 0.50 0.23
Turkmenistan 10 100 n.s. 0.02
United Arab Emirates 319 13 n.s. -0.02
Uzbekistan 817 1,130 0.24 0.31
Yemen 0 0 0 0
Total Western and Central Asia
Total Asia
Albania 60 540 0.33 0.06
Andorra - - - -
Austria 14,100 14,200 3.27 3.32
Belarus 14,400 14,400 0.86 1.63
Belgium 2,940 2,980 4.69 4.47
Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,700 6,600 3.22 3.02
Bulgaria 12,100 8,400 3.41 0.17
Channel Islands - - - -
Croatia 2,700 2,800 1.18 1.22
Czech Republic 7,370 7,360 2.73 2.56
Denmark 940 440 0.70 0.02
Estonia - -2,120 - -1.66
Faeroe Islands - - - -
Finland 16,260 17,600 0.62 0.76
France 17,500 42,200 0.38 2.33
Germany 62,200 - 4.84 -
Gibraltar - - - -
Greece 1,400 1,400 -0.01 -0.01
Holy See - - - -
Hungary 3,716 2,367 1.06 0.01
Iceland 40 60 -2.09 -1.17
Ireland 740 1,120 -2.06 -0.09
Isle of Man - - - -
Italy 23,800 31,560 1.11 1.71
Latvia 9,500 10,600 2.67 2.88
Liechtenstein 10 0 -0.02 0
Lithuania 5,270 5,400 2.00 1.18
Luxembourg 557 0 6.16 0
Malta 0 0 0 0
Moldova, Republic of 631 701 1.69 1.89
Monaco - - - -
Netherlands 900 800 1.87 1.73
Norway 10,800 10,800 1.02 0.99
Poland 25,120 25,660 2.44 2.24
Portugal 7,500 7,400 1.06 1.03
Romania -110 180 n.s. n.s.
Russian Federation 23,075 41,732 0.02 0.06
San Marino - - - -
Serbia 3,600 3,800 1.00 1.02
Slovakia 6,160 6,240 3.22 3.03
Slovenia 6,122 4,532 4.00 2.50
Spain 19,800 19,600 0.41 0.30
Sweden 24,240 24,240 0.84 0.84
Switzerland 4,400 4,000 2.45 1.99
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 47,000 47,000 4.56 4.64
United Kingdom 4,200 6,400 0.84 1.85
Total Europe
Anguilla - - - -
Antigua and Barbuda - - - -
Aruba - - - -
Bahamas 0 0 0 0
Barbados - - - -
Bermuda - - - -
British Virgin Islands - - - -
Cayman Islands - - - -
Cuba 7,500 7,600 2.10 1.08
Dominica - - - -
Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0
Grenada - - - -
Guadeloupe - - - -
Haiti -44 -44 0.01 0.08
Jamaica -100 0 -0.11 0.18
Martinique - - - -
Montserrat - - - -
Netherlands Antilles - - - -
Puerto Rico -57 -58 -0.19 -0.17
Saint Kitts and Nevis - - - -
Saint Lucia - - - -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - - - -
Trinidad and Tobago -100 0 -0.16 0.16
Turks and Caicos Islands - - - -
United States Virgin Islands -1 -2 0.09 0.02
Total Caribbean
Belize 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica -1,940 200 0.01 -0.05
El Salvador - - - -
Guatemala -8,806 -8,806 n.s. n.s.
Honduras -16,800 -12,800 0.67 0.99
Nicaragua -11,400 -8,000 n.s. n.s.
Panama -9,200 -8,200 -1.84 -1.81
Total Central America
Canada 0 0 0 0
Greenland - - - -
Mexico - - - -
Saint Pierre and Miquelon - - - -
United States of America 189,600 210,000 0.50 0.63
Total North America
Total North and Central America
American Samoa -4 -4 n.s. n.s.
Australia - - - -
Cook Islands - - - -
Fiji - - - -
French Polynesia - - - -
Guam - - - -
Kiribati - - - -
Marshall Islands - - - -
Micronesia (Federated States of) - - - -
Nauru - - - -
New Caledonia 0 0 0 0
New Zealand - - - -
Niue - - - -
Northern Mariana Islands - - - -
Palau - - - -
Papua New Guinea -5,050 -5,060 n.s. -0.01
Pitcairn - - - -
Samoa - - - -
Solomon Islands - - - -
Tokelau - - - -
Tonga - - - -
Tuvalu - - - -
Vanuatu - - - -
Wallis and Futuna Islands - - - -
Total Oceania
Argentina -20,100 -21,200 -0.33 -0.38
Bolivia -20,100 -20,000 n.s. n.s.
Brazil -376,499 -698,892 0.16 -0.35
Chile 22,420 22,640 1.05 1.01
Colombia - - - -
Ecuador - - - -
Falkland Islands - - - -
French Guiana -1,000 0 n.s. 0
Guyana - - - -
Paraguay - - - -
Peru - - - -
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - - - -
Suriname 0 0 0 0
Uruguay - - - -
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - - - -
Total South America
Total World

Note:
Botswana, Mali and Yemen provided information for this table for forest and other wooded land combined. For the purposes of data display and analysis, FAO has distributed these values to the categories forest and other wooded land respectively.
last updated: Thursday, November 10, 2005