FAO Forestry databases

FAOSTAT - Forestry

The FAO Statistical Database (FAOSTAT) is an online multilingual database currently containing over one million time-series records from over 210 countries and territories covering statistics on agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry, food aid, land use and population. FAOSTAT Forestry provides annual production and trade estimates for numerous forest products, primarily wood products such as timber, wood panels, pulp and paper. For many forest products, historical data are available from 1961. These estimates are provided by countries through an annual survey conducted by FAO in partnership with the International Tropical Timber Organization, the UN Economic Commission for Europe and EUROSTAT (the Council for European Statistics). In the cases where countries have not provided information through the questionnaire, FAO estimates annual production based on trade journal reports, statistical yearbooks or other sources. Where data are unavailable, FAO repeats historical figures until new information is found.