| World forest and woodland area 4,099,026,998 ha | Africa forest and woodland area: 686,298,500ha | Asia forest and woodland area: 570,045,315 ha | S America forest and woodland area: 930,981,420 ha |
| World roundwood consumption: 7,833 m3/min, 2026-: 3,207,044,824 m3 | World industrial roundwood consumption: 6,685 m3/min, 2026-: 2,737,022,169 m3 | World sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 3,222 m3/min, 2026-: 1,319,175,083 m3 | World wood fuel consumption: 1,148 m3/min, 2026-: 470,022,655 m3 |
| Africa roundwood consumption: -1,187 m3/min, 2026-: -485,990,324 m3 | Africa industrial roundwood consumption: -186 m3/min, 2026-: -76,153,496 m3 | Africa sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -1 m3/min, 2026-: -409,427 m3 | Africa wood fuel consumption: -1,001 m3/min, 2026-: -409,836,827 m3 |
| Asia roundwood consumption: -1,521 m3/min, 2026-: -622,739,075 m3 | Asia industrial roundwood consumption: -1,109 m3/min, 2026-: -454,054,987 m3 | Asia sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -446 m3/min, 2026-: -182,604,620 m3 | Asia wood fuel consumption: -411 m3/min, 2026-: -168,274,661 m3 |
| S America roundwood consumption: 1,147 m3/min, 2026-: 469,613,228 m3 | S America industrial roundwood consumption: 670 m3/min, 2026-: 274,316,358 m3 | S America sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 47 m3/min, 2026-: 19,243,088 m3 | S America wood fuel consumption: 477 m3/min, 2026-: 195,296,870 m3 |
| N & C America roundwood consumption: -1,951 m3/min, 2026-: -798,792,857 m3 | N & C America industrial roundwood consumption: -2,330 m3/min, 2026-: -953,965,842 m3 | N & C America sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -1,473 m3/min, 2026-: -603,086,560 m3 | N & C America wood fuel consumption: 378 m3/min, 2026-: 154,763,557 m3 |
| Europe roundwood consumption: -8,265 m3/min, 2026-: -3,383,917,461 m3 | Europe industrial roundwood consumption: -26,109 m3/min, 2026-: -10,689,739,987 m3 | Europe sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -21,125 m3/min, 2026-: -8,649,153,825 m3 | Europe wood fuel consumption: 17,844 m3/min, 2026-: 7,305,822,526 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.