| World forest and woodland area 4,102,984,115 ha | Africa forest and woodland area: 687,067,292ha | Asia forest and woodland area: 569,650,925 ha | S America forest and woodland area: 930,944,405 ha |
| World roundwood consumption: 7,612 m3/min, 2025-: 3,206,888,659 m3 | World industrial roundwood consumption: 6,297 m3/min, 2025-: 2,652,887,268 m3 | World sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 3,050 m3/min, 2025-: 1,284,946,192 m3 | World wood fuel consumption: 1,314 m3/min, 2025-: 553,580,097 m3 |
| Africa roundwood consumption: -948 m3/min, 2025-: -399,386,554 m3 | Africa industrial roundwood consumption: -153 m3/min, 2025-: -64,457,956 m3 | Africa sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 6 m3/min, 2025-: 2,527,763 m3 | Africa wood fuel consumption: -794 m3/min, 2025-: -334,507,304 m3 |
| Asia roundwood consumption: -1,232 m3/min, 2025-: -519,034,003 m3 | Asia industrial roundwood consumption: -996 m3/min, 2025-: -419,608,658 m3 | Asia sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -400 m3/min, 2025-: -168,517,533 m3 | Asia wood fuel consumption: -236 m3/min, 2025-: -99,425,345 m3 |
| S America roundwood consumption: 1,104 m3/min, 2025-: 465,108,392 m3 | S America industrial roundwood consumption: 634 m3/min, 2025-: 267,100,290 m3 | S America sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: 53 m3/min, 2025-: 22,328,573 m3 | S America wood fuel consumption: 470 m3/min, 2025-: 198,008,102 m3 |
| N & C America roundwood consumption: -1,684 m3/min, 2025-: -709,458,815 m3 | N & C America industrial roundwood consumption: -2,003 m3/min, 2025-: -843,851,548 m3 | N & C America sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -1,264 m3/min, 2025-: -532,515,405 m3 | N & C America wood fuel consumption: 318 m3/min, 2025-: 133,971,439 m3 |
| Europe roundwood consumption: -7,477 m3/min, 2025-: -3,150,013,992 m3 | Europe industrial roundwood consumption: -22,892 m3/min, 2025-: -9,644,258,433 m3 | Europe sawlogs & veneer logs consumption: -18,431 m3/min, 2025-: -7,764,866,642 m3 | Europe wood fuel consumption: 15,414 m3/min, 2025-: 6,493,823,147 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.