Timber removals rose 1.05% to 16.2 '000 cbm in Maldives in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Maldives reached an all time high of 16.2 '000 cbm in 2015 and an all time low of 8.16 '000 cbm in 1961. When compared to Maldives's main peers, timber removals in India amounted to 356,151 '000 cbm, 110,882 '000 cbm in Indonesia, 30.2 '000 cbm in Singapore and 5,456 '000 cbm in Sri Lanka in 2015.
Maldives has been ranked 165th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 4 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 |
| Australia | '000 cbm | 30,316 | 30,414 | 31,394 | 28,242 | 27,324 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | '000 cbm | 27,641 | 27,569 | 27,410 | 27,253 | 27,098 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | '000 cbm | 339,942 | 350,633 | 346,359 | 341,666 | 347,524 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | '000 cbm | 356,546 | 358,066 | 358,293 | 357,761 | 357,226 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | '000 cbm | 110,147 | 113,849 | 117,994 | 117,522 | 115,232 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | '000 cbm | 22,985 | 22,113 | 20,692 | 20,541 | 19,412 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | '000 cbm | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 15.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | '000 cbm | 42,548 | 42,457 | 43,025 | 43,273 | 42,833 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | '000 cbm | 32,650 | 32,650 | 32,650 | 32,650 | 32,650 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | '000 cbm | 16,267 | 15,955 | 16,157 | 16,042 | 16,241 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | '000 cbm | 33.3 | 32.8 | 32.2 | 31.7 | 31.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | '000 cbm | 5,894 | 5,823 | 5,747 | 5,672 | 5,599 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | '000 cbm | 33,998 | 33,901 | 33,787 | 33,680 | 33,581 |
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