| World forest and woodland area 4,101,309,705 ha | Africa forest and woodland area: 686,741,986ha | Asia forest and woodland area: 569,817,807 ha | S America forest and woodland area: 930,960,067 ha |
| World roundwood consumption: 7,703 m3/min, 2026-: 871,012,617 m3 | World industrial roundwood consumption: 6,458 m3/min, 2026-: 730,234,906 m3 | World sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 3,121 m3/min, 2026-: 352,905,410 m3 | World wood fuel consumption: 1,245 m3/min, 2026-: 140,777,711 m3 |
| Africa roundwood consumption: -1,047 m3/min, 2026-: -118,388,967 m3 | Africa industrial roundwood consumption: -167 m3/min, 2026-: -18,883,436 m3 | Africa sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 3 m3/min, 2026-: 339,223 m3 | Africa wood fuel consumption: -880 m3/min, 2026-: -99,505,531 m3 |
| Asia roundwood consumption: -1,352 m3/min, 2026-: -152,876,679 m3 | Asia industrial roundwood consumption: -1,043 m3/min, 2026-: -117,936,669 m3 | Asia sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -419 m3/min, 2026-: -47,378,202 m3 | Asia wood fuel consumption: -309 m3/min, 2026-: -34,940,010 m3 |
| S America roundwood consumption: 1,122 m3/min, 2026-: 126,869,552 m3 | S America industrial roundwood consumption: 649 m3/min, 2026-: 73,385,329 m3 | S America sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 50 m3/min, 2026-: 5,653,723 m3 | S America wood fuel consumption: 473 m3/min, 2026-: 53,484,223 m3 |
| N & C America roundwood consumption: -1,795 m3/min, 2026-: -202,968,668 m3 | N & C America industrial roundwood consumption: -2,138 m3/min, 2026-: -241,753,210 m3 | N & C America sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -1,351 m3/min, 2026-: -152,763,604 m3 | N & C America wood fuel consumption: 343 m3/min, 2026-: 38,784,542 m3 |
| Europe roundwood consumption: -7,808 m3/min, 2026-: -882,885,436 m3 | Europe industrial roundwood consumption: -24,217 m3/min, 2026-: -2,738,324,359 m3 | Europe sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -19,539 m3/min, 2026-: -2,209,362,004 m3 | Europe wood fuel consumption: 16,409 m3/min, 2026-: 1,855,438,924 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.