Timber removals rose 0.915% to 3,713,681 '000 cbm in the World in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in the World reached an all time high of 3,713,681 '000 cbm in 2015 and an all time low of 2,516,570 '000 cbm in 1961. When compared to World's main peers, timber removals in China amounted to 339,683 '000 cbm, 55,613 '000 cbm in Germany, 21,328 '000 cbm in Japan and 412,917 '000 cbm in USA in 2015.
World has been ranked th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals.
| Timber Removals | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | '000 cbm | 16,727 | 17,831 | 18,696 | 18,021 | 17,390 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,395 | 4,827 | 5,128 | 5,128 | 5,512 | |||||||||||
| Canada | '000 cbm | 116,306 | 142,013 | 148,178 | 148,183 | 152,076 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | '000 cbm | 339,942 | 350,633 | 346,359 | 341,666 | 347,524 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | '000 cbm | 54,447 | 55,808 | 55,041 | 51,495 | 51,304 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | '000 cbm | 48,073 | 54,418 | 56,142 | 52,338 | 53,207 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | '000 cbm | 356,546 | 358,066 | 358,293 | 357,761 | 357,226 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | '000 cbm | 16,711 | 17,281 | 18,374 | 18,559 | 21,134 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | '000 cbm | 43,878 | 43,870 | 43,714 | 44,234 | 44,198 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | '000 cbm | 34,629 | 35,467 | 37,180 | 38,015 | 38,939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 cbm | 158,900 | 175,499 | 191,225 | 192,055 | 194,461 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | '000 cbm | 5,653 | 3,984 | 4,210 | 4,506 | 4,897 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 cbm | 332,528 | 376,572 | 395,141 | 387,512 | 396,818 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | '000 cbm | 3,352,229 | 3,526,436 | 3,589,245 | 3,614,152 | 3,652,101 |
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