Composition of growing stock and diversity of tree species 2000
Country/area Growing stock composition Number of native tree species Number of tree species in IUCN red list
3 most common species 10 most common species Critically endangered Endangered Vulnerable
% of total growing stock % of total growing stock
Angola - - - 0 2 19
Botswana - - - 0 0 0
British Indian Ocean Territory - - - - - -
Comoros 60.7 100.0 62 2 2 1
Kenya - - - 3 14 50
Lesotho - - 60 0 0 1
Madagascar 11.6 23.1 5,000 34 65 63
Malawi - - - 0 2 6
Mauritius 58.3 62.8 194 41 14 9
Mayotte - - - - - -
Mozambique - - - 4 2 40
Namibia 47.7 81.5 200 2 2 7
Réunion 100.0 100.0 129 8 5 1
Seychelles - - 93 7 4 23
South Africa - - 649 1 13 40
Swaziland - - - 2 2 7
Uganda - - - 3 4 33
United Republic of Tanzania - - - 8 35 49
Zambia - - 665 0 11 14
Zimbabwe 44.5 48.2 1,747 0 2 12
Total Eastern and Southern Africa
Algeria 55.2 65.6 20 0 1 1
Burkina Faso - - 90 0 0 3
Chad - - 109 0 0 2
Djibouti - - - 0 1 1
Egypt 88.2 95.5 60 0 0 0
Eritrea - - - 0 0 3
Ethiopia - - 1,027 0 1 21
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - - 12 0 0 1
Mali - - 1,739 0 2 4
Mauritania - - 52 0 0 0
Morocco 69.1 90.1 47 1 0 0
Niger - - 227 0 0 2
Somalia - - - 0 3 14
Sudan 23.1 31.2 533 1 1 15
Tunisia 83.2 100.0 20 0 0 0
Western Sahara - - - - - -
Total Northern Africa
Benin - - - 0 0 14
Burundi - - - 0 0 1
Cameroon - - 600 50 27 106
Cape Verde - - 240 0 0 2
Central African Republic - - - 0 1 8
Congo 9.8 18.1 334 - - -
Côte d'Ivoire - - - 1 4 49
Democratic Republic of the Congo - - 870 0 8 43
Equatorial Guinea - - - 1 4 11
Gabon - - - 3 6 59
Gambia 43.8 71.4 140 0 0 0
Ghana 12.3 21.8 680 3 19 94
Guinea - - - 0 0 21
Guinea-Bissau 25.3 47.8 2,243 0 0 4
Liberia - - - 0 4 42
Nigeria - - 560 16 18 138
Rwanda - - 300 0 0 3
Saint Helena - - - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe - - - 0 1 26
Senegal 29.2 54.8 315 0 0 4
Sierra Leone - - 213 0 4 42
Togo - - 1,451 0 0 10
Total Western and Central Africa
Total Africa
China 29.0 64.0 2,500 34 45 96
Democratic People's Republic of Korea - - - 0 0 1
Japan 54.7 67.6 1,327 67 43 87
Mongolia 93.4 100.0 - 0 0 0
Republic of Korea 52.2 85.5 1,049 0 0 0
Total East Asia
Bangladesh - - 1,074 4 2 6
Bhutan 44.4 63.5 105 1 2 4
Brunei Darussalam - - 2,000 37 24 31
Cambodia - - 862 10 13 9
India 21.9 27.2 - 50 98 98
Indonesia 19.9 26.8 - 122 57 76
Lao People's Democratic Republic 30.4 39.3 1,457 5 7 8
Malaysia 29.6 63.3 2,650 50 99 403
Maldives - - - - - -
Myanmar 11.2 19.5 2,000 13 12 12
Nepal 45.1 68.7 225 0 0 3
Pakistan 67.3 87.2 1,104 0 0 2
Philippines 28.8 53.0 3,000 46 35 134
Singapore - - 2,013 11 11 27
Sri Lanka - - 932 78 73 129
Thailand - - - 30 21 37
Timor-Leste - - 251 - - -
Viet Nam 7.2 18.5 800 25 36 85
Total South and South-east Asia
Afghanistan - - - 0 0 1
Armenia 93.9 98.7 125 0 0 0
Azerbaijan - - 109 0 0 0
Bahrain - - - - - -
Cyprus - - 36 0 0 1
Georgia 76.4 98.2 153 0 0 0
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 69.9 96.2 503 0 0 1
Iraq - - 20 0 0 0
Israel - - 70 0 0 0
Jordan - - 25 0 0 0
Kazakhstan 67.0 99.3 - 0 0 1
Kuwait - - - - - -
Kyrgyzstan 76.3 91.0 - 0 0 1
Lebanon 76.8 98.8 41 0 0 0
Occupied Palestinian Territory - - - - - -
Oman - - 155 0 1 5
Qatar - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 60.4 90.2 52 0 2 1
Syrian Arab Republic - - - 0 0 0
Tajikistan 76.2 90.2 268 1 0 0
Turkey 79.7 97.3 116 0 0 2
Turkmenistan 77.1 79.7 47 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates - - - 0 0 0
Uzbekistan 88.6 91.3 75 0 0 1
Yemen - - 534 - - -
Total Western and Central Asia
Total Asia
Albania - - 280 0 0 0
Andorra - - - - - -
Austria 77.8 96.0 51 0 0 0
Belarus 85.0 99.8 28 0 0 0
Belgium 63.9 88.8 58 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 82.1 91.9 97 0 0 1
Bulgaria 61.1 93.4 128 0 0 0
Channel Islands - - - - - -
Croatia 60.3 85.4 59 0 0 0
Czech Republic 84.5 97.2 70 0 0 1
Denmark 63.8 91.1 38 0 0 0
Estonia 75.2 99.2 27 0 0 0
Faeroe Islands - - - - - -
Finland 92.9 99.9 32 0 0 0
France 44.4 80.8 73 0 0 0
Germany 74.5 90.1 62 2 1 5
Gibraltar - - - - - -
Greece - - - 0 0 0
Holy See - - - - - -
Hungary 39.5 87.1 47 1 2 3
Iceland 87.4 95.4 3 0 0 0
Ireland - - 25 0 0 1
Isle of Man - - - - - -
Italy 34.4 66.6 117 2 0 0
Latvia 86.5 99.8 26 0 0 0
Liechtenstein - - 39 0 0 0
Lithuania 82.6 99.7 24 0 0 0
Luxembourg 86.9 98.6 - 0 0 0
Malta - - 3 0 0 0
Moldova, Republic of - - 35 0 0 0
Monaco - - - - - -
Netherlands 55.1 91.3 28 0 0 0
Norway 91.3 98.5 32 0 0 0
Poland - - 57 0 0 1
Portugal - - 51 1 3 2
Romania 73.2 86.8 58 0 0 1
Russian Federation 65.6 99.1 181 4 8 7
San Marino - - - - - -
Serbia 50.4 65.4 48 0 0 0
Slovakia 76.8 97.8 59 0 0 1
Slovenia 71.7 92.2 73 0 0 0
Spain 40.1 81.6 123 2 1 6
Sweden 91.4 99.0 32 0 0 1
Switzerland 78.9 95.4 52 0 0 0
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - - - 0 0 0
Ukraine 71.5 97.7 85 0 0 1
United Kingdom 52.4 84.1 66 3 1 6
Total Europe
Anguilla - - - - - -
Antigua and Barbuda - - - 0 3 1
Aruba - - - - - -
Bahamas - - - 0 3 2
Barbados - - - 0 1 1
Bermuda - - - - - -
British Virgin Islands - - - - - -
Cayman Islands - - - - - -
Cuba - - 625 23 50 50
Dominica - - - 0 4 5
Dominican Republic - - - 2 8 20
Grenada - - - 0 2 1
Guadeloupe - - 355 0 4 4
Haiti - - 76 5 6 17
Jamaica - - 722 15 27 62
Martinique - - - 0 4 5
Montserrat - - - 0 2 2
Netherlands Antilles - - - 0 2 0
Puerto Rico - - - 22 16 16
Saint Kitts and Nevis - - - 0 1 1
Saint Lucia - - - 0 2 4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - - - 0 2 3
Trinidad and Tobago 33.2 62.8 267 - 1 -
Turks and Caicos Islands - - - 0 0 2
United States Virgin Islands 39.3 75.9 - 2 4 1
Total Caribbean
Belize - - 4,000 0 11 18
Costa Rica - - 117 4 33 74
El Salvador - - - 1 6 19
Guatemala - - 700 2 30 51
Honduras - - 400 43 38 30
Nicaragua - - 1,000 3 16 20
Panama 10.5 21.7 1,415 19 71 106
Total Central America
Canada 32.6 70.3 180 0 0 0
Greenland - - - - - -
Mexico - - 1,130 0 7 23
Saint Pierre and Miquelon - - 21 0 0 0
United States of America 25.2 48.3 1,051 55 69 60
Total North America
Total North and Central America
American Samoa 38.2 72.4 - 0 0 1
Australia - - 2,100 2 8 27
Cook Islands - - - 0 0 1
Fiji - - - - - -
French Polynesia - - - 26 4 17
Guam 44.1 81.3 - 1 0 2
Kiribati - - - - - -
Marshall Islands - - - - - -
Micronesia (Federated States of) - - - 0 0 4
Nauru - - - - - -
New Caledonia - - - 12 18 37
New Zealand - - 121 1 2 4
Niue - - - 0 0 1
Northern Mariana Islands - - - 2 0 2
Palau - - - 0 0 3
Papua New Guinea - - - - - -
Pitcairn - - - - - -
Samoa - - - - - -
Solomon Islands - - - 0 1 14
Tokelau - - - - - -
Tonga - - - 1 0 2
Tuvalu - - - - - -
Vanuatu - - - 1 2 5
Wallis and Futuna Islands - - 292 0 0 0
Total Oceania
Argentina 50.5 63.6 236 0 10 34
Bolivia 27.6 48.8 2,700 4 9 57
Brazil - - 7,880 34 100 187
Chile 40.5 78.6 123 0 6 23
Colombia - - 5,000 31 50 108
Ecuador - - 1,000 240 669 923
Falkland Islands - - - - - -
French Guiana 30.9 48.4 1,200 3 2 11
Guyana - - 1,182 1 3 18
Paraguay - - - 0 5 7
Peru - - 2,500 33 14 54
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - - - - - -
Suriname - - 600 1 2 24
Uruguay - - 147 0 0 0
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - - 1,360 3 6 50
Total South America
Total World
Data source: FAO, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005.
last updated: Tuesday, November 8, 2005