Timber removals rose 0% to 27,432 '000 cbm in Kenya in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Kenya reached an all time high of 27,646 '000 cbm in 2007 and an all time low of 8,805 '000 cbm in 1961. When compared to Kenya's main peers, timber removals in Ethiopia amounted to 111,109 '000 cbm, 14,148 '000 cbm in Somalia, 26,957 '000 cbm in Tanzania and 46,771 '000 cbm in Uganda in 2015.
Kenya has been ranked 25th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Timber Removals | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | '000 cbm | 80,101 | 81,134 | 82,347 | 83,505 | 84,689 | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | '000 cbm | 349 | 356 | 362 | 367 | 373 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | '000 cbm | 897 | 927 | 965 | 992 | 1,023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | '000 cbm | 102,805 | 104,209 | 105,544 | 106,901 | 108,281 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | '000 cbm | 27,479 | 27,533 | 27,541 | 27,432 | 27,432 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | '000 cbm | 18,051 | 18,140 | 18,200 | 18,251 | 18,251 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | '000 cbm | 6,212 | 6,212 | 6,212 | 6,212 | 6,212 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | '000 cbm | 13,203 | 13,611 | 14,067 | 14,067 | 14,067 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,428 | 4,474 | ||
| Sudan | '000 cbm | 20,720 | 20,949 | ... | 15,686 | 15,841 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | '000 cbm | 24,902 | 25,150 | 25,383 | 25,905 | 26,408 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | '000 cbm | 43,029 | 43,729 | 45,811 | 45,933 | 45,933 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | '000 cbm | 425 | 441 | 456 | 472 | 489 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | '000 cbm | 10,303 | 10,444 | 10,574 | 10,707 | 10,843 |
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