| World forest and woodland area 4,107,963,410 ha | Africa forest and woodland area: 688,034,674ha | Asia forest and woodland area: 569,154,658 ha | S America forest and woodland area: 930,897,828 ha |
| World roundwood consumption: 7,365 m3/min, 2024-: 2,212,857,458 m3 | World industrial roundwood consumption: 5,851 m3/min, 2024-: 1,757,967,276 m3 | World sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 2,855 m3/min, 2024-: 857,801,499 m3 | World wood fuel consumption: 1,513 m3/min, 2024-: 454,589,726 m3 |
| Africa roundwood consumption: -671 m3/min, 2024-: -201,605,887 m3 | Africa industrial roundwood consumption: -115 m3/min, 2024-: -34,552,425 m3 | Africa sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 14 m3/min, 2024-: 4,206,382 m3 | Africa wood fuel consumption: -556 m3/min, 2024-: -167,053,462 m3 |
| Asia roundwood consumption: -893 m3/min, 2024-: -268,307,089 m3 | Asia industrial roundwood consumption: -860 m3/min, 2024-: -258,392,045 m3 | Asia sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -344 m3/min, 2024-: -103,356,818 m3 | Asia wood fuel consumption: -33 m3/min, 2024-: -9,915,044 m3 |
| S America roundwood consumption: 1,055 m3/min, 2024-: 316,980,939 m3 | S America industrial roundwood consumption: 593 m3/min, 2024-: 178,170,329 m3 | S America sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 60 m3/min, 2024-: 18,027,352 m3 | S America wood fuel consumption: 462 m3/min, 2024-: 138,810,610 m3 |
| N & C America roundwood consumption: -1,368 m3/min, 2024-: -411,023,626 m3 | N & C America industrial roundwood consumption: -1,622 m3/min, 2024-: -487,339,416 m3 | N & C America sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -1,021 m3/min, 2024-: -306,765,440 m3 | N & C America wood fuel consumption: 254 m3/min, 2024-: 76,315,790 m3 |
| Europe roundwood consumption: -6,523 m3/min, 2024-: -1,959,873,618 m3 | Europe industrial roundwood consumption: -19,247 m3/min, 2024-: -5,782,874,066 m3 | Europe sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -15,402 m3/min, 2024-: -4,627,621,258 m3 | Europe wood fuel consumption: 12,725 m3/min, 2024-: 3,823,300,903 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.