Timber removals rose 0.300% to 6,295 '000 cbm in Nicaragua in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Nicaragua reached an all time high of 6,299 '000 cbm in 2010 and an all time low of 4,545 '000 cbm in 1963. When compared to Nicaragua's main peers, timber removals in Costa Rica amounted to 4,583 '000 cbm, 4,873 '000 cbm in El Salvador, 8,875 '000 cbm in Honduras and 44,209 '000 cbm in Mexico in 2015.
Nicaragua has been ranked 83rd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 3 places below 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 |
| Belize | '000 cbm | 167 | 167 | 167 | 167 | 167 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | '000 cbm | 4,681 | 4,703 | 4,529 | 4,656 | 4,644 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | '000 cbm | 4,905 | 4,907 | 4,899 | 4,892 | 4,885 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | '000 cbm | 18,467 | 18,751 | 19,262 | 19,311 | 19,880 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | '000 cbm | 9,119 | 9,009 | 9,034 | 8,878 | 8,944 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | '000 cbm | 43,878 | 43,870 | 43,714 | 44,234 | 44,198 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | '000 cbm | 6,118 | 6,299 | 6,228 | 6,243 | 6,259 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | '000 cbm | 1,313 | 1,304 | 1,299 | 1,286 | 1,271 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 cbm | 332,528 | 376,572 | 395,141 | 387,512 | 396,818 |
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