1984-86
average

1987-89
average

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001
prel.

.....................................................................million square feet.....................................................................

World

8 874.1

9 241.4

8 854.7

8 895.4

8 948.0

9 106.0

10 135.1

10 285.4

10 797.4

10 966.7

11 035.4

11 702.4

11 427.6

11 668.7

Developing All

3 360.7

3 432.9

3 107.9

3 451.0

4 020.6

4 850.2

5 799.2

5 684.3

6 466.9

6 701.0

6 883.3

8 012.5

8 156.0

8 309.8

Latin America &
Caribbean

1 191.3

1 127.2

912.2

1 083.1

900.4

890.1

940.3

950.3

1 099.8

1 216.1

1 389.8

1 354.9

1 308.4

1 203.8

Argentina

171.3

161.5

23.9

115.5

78.1

85.4

96.6

124.4

117.9

116.0

163.2

174.8

183.6

180.0

Bolivia

16.7

14.4

18.0

12.9

15.1

8.3

17.5

19.6

22.2

17.9

20.5

17.3

13.5

14.8

Brazil

315.2

286.8

221.5

176.1

114.6

115.5

121.0

85.2

139.3

130.9

147.1

204.6

254.6

180.8

Chile

30.2

32.1

41.3

50.1

47.8

51.1

40.3

45.3

43.0

39.4

39.3

34.6

25.0

24.5

Colombia

63.7

53.9

63.3

61.7

49.0

58.2

61.9

71.7

79.7

77.6

74.7

58.1

29.8

39.6

Costa Rica

9.8

9.3

6.2

9.9

9.7

9.8

6.9

8.3

3.6

4.9

4.3

3.8

2.5

2.1

Cuba

32.0

27.9

31.0

31.0

25.0

25.0

25.0

22.7

24.0

24.4

24.5

24.6

24.6

24.7

Dominican
Republic

7.6

8.5

8.0

7.6

7.2

6.6

7.4

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.6

Ecuador

16.4

18.6

25.3

25.1

24.1

6.9

7.5

14.9

16.5

16.6

17.6

19.1

20.3

22.2

El Salvador

4.6

4.5

4.9

7.5

5.9

6.0

6.2

7.4

7.7

6.7

7.0

5.3

5.3

5.1

Guatemala

5.4

7.2

8.0

6.7

5.7

5.7

4.1

6.3

5.4

11.0

15.0

12.7

12.8

12.0

Haiti

10.5

11.6

13.1

13.5

14.2

14.7

14.8

14.2

14.8

14.7

14.6

14.6

15.3

15.2

Honduras

6.4

7.0

9.1

9.7

10.9

12.5

12.9

16.7

13.2

13.5

12.1

10.3

9.9

9.9

Jamaica

2.6

3.6

4.7

3.3

2.9

3.2

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

Mexico

378.5

376.4

335.7

440.9

370.4

376.1

414.4

393.1

466.9

566.3

674.3

629.6

578.2

559.8

Nicaragua

7.3

7.0

13.1

10.1

6.8

5.8

5.3

5.0

3.2

5.3

2.1

3.7

3.2

3.0

Panama

4.5

0.8

2.0

0.3

1.3

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

Paraguay

5.4

3.7

9.3

16.4

15.7

12.4

17.0

16.3

19.3

17.6

16.0

13.9

10.2

10.7

Peru

16.7

18.4

18.1

17.1

16.3

16.7

17.8

18.1

16.9

16.6

17.5

17.8

17.3

17.6

Puerto Rico

3.2

2.9

2.5

2.3

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

Trinidad and
Tobago

1.0

1.4

1.0

1.7

2.2

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.7

Uruguay

25.3

8.5

3.0

3.9

4.8

9.8

5.9

5.5

35.6

54.0

69.2

39.1

37.9

29.6

Venezuela

56.8

61.4

49.3

59.6

70.8

56.5

51.2

61.5

56.6

69.0

57.1

57.4

51.1

38.8

Africa

196.6

205.4

219.3

230.6

222.7

211.4

221.4

239.2

237.9

233.6

241.3

247.9

231.2

232.6

Algeria

32.6

34.3

39.3

32.0

27.3

25.7

34.4

26.6

23.4

22.0

21.1

24.6

18.0

16.9

Burkina Faso

4.3

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.7

5.8

5.8

5.9

5.9

6.2

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.8

Cameroon

4.1

4.3

5.2

5.4

5.3

5.9

6.0

5.1

5.3

6.2

6.8

6.9

6.9

7.0

Chad

2.6

4.1

4.5

4.7

4.8

4.9

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.9

4.9

5.0

5.0

5.2

Congo, Dem
Republic of

0.9

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.9

Congo,
Republic of

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Côte d'Ivoire

4.1

3.2

2.5

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.6

3.4

3.7

3.3

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.5

Ethiopia

8.0

6.0

7.5

8.0

8.0

8.6

8.6

8.0

7.8

Ethiopia PDR

8.3

11.4

14.0

13.0

12.0

Ghana

3.0

3.4

3.4

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.7

2.4

2.7

2.8

3.0

3.2

Kenya

16.8

6.2

12.3

15.4

14.6

12.3

25.8

37.3

37.0

35.5

33.2

32.5

31.7

31.5

Madagascar

12.9

13.3

13.7

13.6

13.7

13.0

13.2

12.7

12.9

12.9

13.3

12.2

11.5

12.0

Malawi

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.4

1.4

1.4

0.7

1.3

1.5

0.6

0.6

1.1

1.4

1.4

Mali

0.7

0.3

0.4

0.5

2.0

0.5

0.9

0.7

0.7

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.2

Mauritius

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

Morocco

21.5

25.4

19.7

25.0

28.5

26.2

12.7

20.7

20.9

22.5

32.9

36.0

27.6

29.9

Niger

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

Nigeria

28.3

29.4

33.1

31.8

32.6

33.7

33.7

33.8

34.4

34.4

34.5

34.5

36.5

36.5

Rwanda

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Senegal

5.1

4.6

3.8

6.0

5.1

4.7

6.5

6.8

6.6

6.5

5.6

5.6

3.5

3.8

Somalia

2.1

3.2

3.6

3.5

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.6

3.6

4.2

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.2

Tanzania

20.1

21.5

20.5

24.1

23.0

24.0

24.2

24.2

24.2

20.1

17.6

19.8

21.3

19.5

Togo

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Tunisia

13.4

13.8

13.0

18.9

22.4

22.4

23.2

27.6

29.6

32.3

32.5

30.9

30.2

30.0

Zambia

4.2

5.7

6.5

6.6

6.8

7.4

6.9

5.7

5.2

5.2

5.3

5.0

5.5

6.2

Zimbabwe

6.7

9.8

12.3

11.7

2.8

0.3

0.2

2.1

1.0

0.0

2.0

3.0

1.5

2.0

Near East

282.5

303.9

320.6

314.5

322.9

319.4

314.5

343.2

370.2

374.2

350.2

335.2

340.4

327.2

Afghanistan

2.9

3.0

1.8

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.9

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.3

2.2

Cyprus

8.7

11.8

8.5

6.3

7.9

1.6

5.8

2.9

2.1

1.8

1.6

1.9

2.1

2.3

Egypt

54.5

61.6

66.8

70.5

71.9

71.9

73.1

78.0

72.8

71.0

68.7

63.8

52.8

69.7

Iran

90.3

69.7

71.0

69.8

70.3

71.7

70.2

69.6

71.1

74.3

75.0

72.0

65.0

66.0

Iraq

9.6

10.8

11.1

8.0

9.2

10.6

9.7

8.7

7.7

9.0

9.2

9.2

9.2

8.9

Jordan

1.7

1.2

0.8

2.5

1.6

2.2

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.1

1.3

1.5

Lebanon

3.5

3.0

3.4

3.6

3.9

3.9

3.6

3.0

3.5

3.8

3.6

4.0

3.9

3.9

Saudi Arabia

2.1

1.2

2.3

2.3

1.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.0

2.0

1.7

1.7

2.0

1.7

Sudan

22.4

28.9

33.7

36.4

32.9

40.7

45.1

47.4

49.7

50.8

52.7

55.4

58.3

60.1

Syrian Arab
Republic

11.8

9.2

9.4

9.8

8.6

8.5

8.9

6.9

7.5

7.5

8.0

8.0

7.8

7.8

Turkey

75.0

103.4

111.9

103.3

112.9

103.8

92.1

120.9

150.7

150.4

126.2

115.8

135.8

103.1

Far East

1 690.2

1 796.3

1 655.9

1 822.9

2 574.5

3 429.3

4 323.0

4 151.6

4 759.1

4 877.0

4 902.0

6 074.6

6 276.0

6 546.1

Bangladesh

28.1

15.9

13.4

31.6

15.2

21.9

21.5

21.1

22.0

34.3

38.5

38.2

38.0

38.0

China

312.8

336.2

305.7

446.0

586.5

1 173.4

1 968.7

2 446.2

3 081.8

3 175.9

3 174.1

4 438.9

4 681.1

4 853.7

China,
Hong Kong

125.1

170.1

170.1

234.3

720.0

891.5

957.2

352.0

292.6

222.3

156.3

India

425.5

429.2

487.7

429.8

435.5

443.7

424.7

452.5

454.7

485.0

556.0

560.0

561.9

600.0

Indonesia

36.6

37.1

83.1

115.6

214.7

255.5

273.6

255.5

256.7

251.4

217.1

184.4

153.9

177.2

Korea,
Republic of

585.1

550.8

273.0

139.5

143.6

155.2

161.6

147.0

162.2

248.8

286.1

362.3

336.1

381.8

Lao People's
Democratic
Rep

4.3

4.5

3.6

3.8

4.0

4.3

4.3

4.4

4.4

4.8

4.8

4.9

5.0

5.2

Malaysia

5.3

5.7

7.3

8.9

21.9

20.1

39.9

24.1

21.6

20.8

20.2

10.1

10.8

1.4

Mongolia

9.3

9.0

9.0

3.3

3.2

0.9

1.0

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Myanmar

18.0

18.2

17.8

18.5

18.7

18.8

18.8

19.1

19.2

19.9

20.0

20.5

20.5

20.0

Nepal

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

Pakistan

40.2

13.2

6.9

55.9

69.7

84.2

80.4

75.8

80.6

99.7

89.3

89.2

101.0

105.6

Philippines

17.5

23.6

29.6

28.7

29.5

30.6

32.4

33.7

35.4

39.9

44.1

45.6

47.5

45.7

Singapore

3.1

2.4

5.0

11.2

8.6

2.7

0.1

3.8

5.2

8.4

5.3

8.7

14.6

3.5

Sri Lanka

2.8

5.5

5.1

2.7

4.0

5.1

6.3

7.8

7.2

7.2

7.1

7.0

7.4

7.1

Thailand

67.3

165.7

229.2

283.7

289.5

311.4

322.0

297.4

305.2

248.6

273.7

294.8

288.7

297.6

Viet Nam

8.1

8.2

8.3

8.4

8.9

8.9

8.9

9.0

8.6

8.6

7.8

8.4

8.0

8.0

Developed All

5 513.5

5 808.5

5 746.7

5 444.3

4 927.4

4 255.8

4 335.8

4 601.1

4 330.5

4 265.7

4 152.0

3 689.9

3 271.6

3 358.9

North America

599.5

549.8

427.9

422.1

433.3

419.2

299.3

281.4

399.0

391.9

434.2

485.1

397.2

361.8

Canada

75.6

59.3

29.9

36.9

34.3

9.2

46.0

16.8

57.5

96.9

133.5

94.6

139.9

105.0

USA

523.8

490.5

398.0

385.2

399.1

410.0

253.2

264.7

341.5

295.0

300.7

390.5

257.4

256.9

Europe

3 587.5

3 889.1

3 990.3

3 621.1

3 309.8

2 656.1

2 925.4

3 176.5

2 893.2

2 837.2

2 779.2

2 306.6

2 043.0

2 145.4

EU (15)

2 592.8

2 905.6

3 121.2

3 032.3

2 878.8

2 265.2

2 520.1

2 765.1

2 487.2

2 483.5

2 441.5

1 976.5

1 686.7

1 761.5

Austria

46.3

22.6

28.5

27.9

18.2

19.6

26.7

10.7

22.7

38.1

46.1

20.8

42.3

38.5

Belgium-
Luxembourg

16.3

34.7

35.4

21.7

22.5

28.9

39.6

12.6

13.5

29.9

44.6

34.8

34.1

19.1

Denmark

24.7

23.5

19.7

15.9

13.5

10.0

11.7

7.5

4.9

14.1

16.6

13.2

9.6

17.1

Finland

60.7

57.2

53.8

28.6

28.8

25.3

24.8

18.4

17.3

16.2

18.1

13.3

10.1

10.0

France

266.9

298.0

229.8

227.4

217.1

170.0

176.8

187.4

162.9

174.8

146.3

123.4

63.1

114.3

Germany

591.6

587.3

456.9

316.4

283.1

186.9

198.3

194.9

226.0

225.7

193.9

236.1

177.3

208.2

Greece

58.9

54.4

33.0

49.0

46.8

50.5

55.2

61.1

75.0

53.4

48.2

42.3

39.8

23.5

Ireland

13.0

19.3

21.8

9.9

2.6

11.0

2.9

7.2

2.2

2.3

1.7

10.0

10.7

8.8

Italy

825.6

1 027.0

1 226.8

1 072.2

1 149.4

1 016.4

1 175.4

1 488.6

1 262.9

1 156.3

1 093.4

883.1

621.3

637.5

Netherlands

68.6

61.3

64.4

57.8

42.6

44.4

61.6

41.2

26.3

91.9

99.2

65.8

93.7

49.5

Portugal

136.3

173.3

225.0

189.3

204.5

189.9

220.3

196.3

192.7

188.9

197.3

100.9

69.2

73.7

Spain

278.4

341.9

511.6

525.8

514.0

419.3

423.2

454.1

458.0

458.2

420.8

393.6

405.5

427.3

Sweden

19.6

21.4

24.1

20.5

19.2

18.7

20.8

13.3

17.4

18.1

17.2

11.3

9.8

12.8

UK

186.0

183.5

190.3

469.9

316.4

74.2

82.7

71.8

5.3

15.7

98.1

28.1

100.2

121.3

Rest of Europe

994.8

983.5

869.1

588.7

430.9

390.9

405.3

411.4

406.0

353.8

337.7

330.1

356.4

383.9

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

6.0

5.0

4.0

2.5

3.0

3.6

2.9

2.6

2.7

2.6

Bulgaria

49.1

49.4

39.6

25.6

36.0

33.1

27.3

22.5

18.6

19.5

17.0

18.5

20.0

19.2

Croatia

1.0

1.1

0.9

7.4

10.7

8.4

6.7

7.4

9.0

14.6

Czech Republic

27.4

30.9

26.4

25.7

28.7

28.2

25.9

25.0

24.2

Czechoslovakia

237.6

314.8

268.2

93.5

95.0

Hungary

140.3

112.4

67.9

57.8

51.6

52.7

57.9

67.8

56.9

49.3

57.8

61.6

62.1

72.5

Macedonia

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.3

Norway

8.2

5.5

5.3

6.1

5.1

1.5

4.4

2.3

5.1

5.3

8.0

3.8

6.6

11.0

Poland

191.3

166.3

117.6

112.0

91.4

117.9

133.2

135.3

139.0

120.0

94.5

96.0

109.2

100.5

Romania

113.5

116.9

127.5

73.6

63.7

63.9

51.2

56.0

60.9

55.7

55.9

47.4

56.2

70.2

Serbia and
Montenegro

53.0

57.0

56.0

51.0

45.0

22.0

20.0

20.5

20.5

20.5

Slovakia

8.8

15.7

18.5

24.6

23.4

27.3

26.5

23.5

26.5

Slovenia

11.5

9.0

10.0

10.1

9.1

9.9

10.3

10.5

10.2

8.9

Switzerland

22.4

19.6

19.9

15.2

16.4

13.4

13.7

11.6

7.1

7.5

8.6

8.8

11.0

12.9

Yugoslav SFR

232.4

198.6

223.2

205.0

Area Former
USSR

974.9

1 008.8

980.3

972.8

779.5

773.0

710.0

655.0

650.0

605.0

568.0

552.0

510.0

560.0

Oceania
Developed

59.9

78.1

67.3

101.9

88.6

41.0

98.2

136.8

87.4

80.8

48.1

44.8

49.8

49.1

Australia

55.2

72.8

60.4

64.3

62.8

15.9

68.1

98.9

49.6

51.3

20.3

22.0

30.1

33.6

New Zealand

4.7

5.3

6.9

37.6

25.8

25.1

30.1

38.0

37.8

29.5

27.7

22.8

19.7

15.5

Developed
Other

291.7

282.7

280.9

326.6

316.2

366.5

302.9

351.4

300.9

350.8

322.6

301.4

271.5

242.6

Israel

16.8

20.3

22.8

22.8

22.8

23.8

23.6

23.2

23.4

24.4

23.4

24.0

22.5

22.5

Japan

212.1

196.1

182.3

211.0

202.2

243.4

164.7

208.7

162.5

219.4

230.8

213.0

185.0

161.0

South Africa

62.8

66.3

75.8

92.7

91.2

99.3

114.6

119.5

115.0

107.0

68.4

64.4

64.0

59.1