Timber removals rose 1.33% to 72.4 '000 cbm in Syria in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Syria reached an all time high of 80.8 '000 cbm in 1991 and an all time low of 19.8 '000 cbm in 1978. When compared to Syria's main peers, timber removals in Iraq amounted to 177 '000 cbm, 347 '000 cbm in Jordan, 25.9 '000 cbm in Lebanon and 24,642 '000 cbm in Turkey in 2015.
Syria has been ranked 154th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 5 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 |
| Bulgaria | '000 cbm | 4,599 | 5,668 | 6,205 | 5,973 | 5,804 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | '000 cbm | 9.88 | 8.96 | 8.50 | 11.0 | 9.40 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | '000 cbm | 1,034 | 1,048 | 1,196 | 1,612 | 1,586 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | '000 cbm | 853 | 750 | 706 | 782 | 782 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | '000 cbm | 177 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 177 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | '000 cbm | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | '000 cbm | 298 | 306 | 314 | 322 | 330 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | '000 cbm | 18.1 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 19.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | '000 cbm | 26.1 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 25.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | '000 cbm | 240 | 247 | 254 | 261 | 268 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | '000 cbm | 67.0 | 67.9 | 68.0 | 69.6 | 70.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | '000 cbm | 19,300 | 20,597 | 21,039 | 21,959 | 20,858 |
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