| World forest and woodland area 4,100,310,859 ha | Africa forest and woodland area: 686,547,930ha | Asia forest and woodland area: 569,917,358 ha | S America forest and woodland area: 930,969,410 ha |
| World roundwood consumption: 7,759 m3/min, 2026-: 1,883,496,474 m3 | World industrial roundwood consumption: 6,556 m3/min, 2026-: 1,591,468,344 m3 | World sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 3,164 m3/min, 2026-: 768,060,684 m3 | World wood fuel consumption: 1,203 m3/min, 2026-: 292,028,130 m3 |
| Africa roundwood consumption: -1,108 m3/min, 2026-: -268,966,889 m3 | Africa industrial roundwood consumption: -175 m3/min, 2026-: -42,481,233 m3 | Africa sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 1 m3/min, 2026-: 242,750 m3 | Africa wood fuel consumption: -932 m3/min, 2026-: -226,242,907 m3 |
| Asia roundwood consumption: -1,426 m3/min, 2026-: -346,161,357 m3 | Asia industrial roundwood consumption: -1,072 m3/min, 2026-: -260,227,893 m3 | Asia sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -431 m3/min, 2026-: -104,625,207 m3 | Asia wood fuel consumption: -353 m3/min, 2026-: -85,690,715 m3 |
| S America roundwood consumption: 1,133 m3/min, 2026-: 275,035,637 m3 | S America industrial roundwood consumption: 658 m3/min, 2026-: 159,729,434 m3 | S America sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 49 m3/min, 2026-: 11,894,745 m3 | S America wood fuel consumption: 475 m3/min, 2026-: 115,306,203 m3 |
| N & C America roundwood consumption: -1,863 m3/min, 2026-: -452,243,064 m3 | N & C America industrial roundwood consumption: -2,221 m3/min, 2026-: -539,147,528 m3 | N & C America sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -1,404 m3/min, 2026-: -340,820,860 m3 | N & C America wood fuel consumption: 358 m3/min, 2026-: 86,904,464 m3 |
| Europe roundwood consumption: -8,007 m3/min, 2026-: -1,943,698,449 m3 | Europe industrial roundwood consumption: -25,032 m3/min, 2026-: -6,076,515,497 m3 | Europe sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -20,222 m3/min, 2026-: -4,908,888,478 m3 | Europe wood fuel consumption: 17,026 m3/min, 2026-: 4,133,059,797 m3 |
| Source: Zhang WJ. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2007, 125: 301-321 | |||
Deforestation facilitates soil and water and biodiversity loss, and leads to between 12% and 25% of the world yearly greenhouse gas emissions.