Timber removals rose 2.67% to 282 '000 cbm in Saudi Arabia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 282 '000 cbm in 2015 and an all time low of 15.6 '000 cbm in 1961. When compared to Saudi Arabia's main peers, timber removals in Iraq amounted to 177 '000 cbm, 347 '000 cbm in Jordan, 18.7 '000 cbm in United Arab Emirates and 523 '000 cbm in Yemen in 2015.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 146th 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 |
| Bahrain | '000 cbm | 6.51 | 6.60 | 6.68 | 6.77 | 6.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | '000 cbm | 349 | 356 | 362 | 367 | 373 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | '000 cbm | 897 | 927 | 965 | 992 | 1,023 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | '000 cbm | 37.6 | 39.0 | 40.2 | 41.4 | 42.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | '000 cbm | 4.93 | 4.98 | 5.01 | 5.03 | 5.06 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | '000 cbm | 240 | 247 | 254 | 261 | 268 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | '000 cbm | 67.0 | 67.9 | 68.0 | 69.6 | 70.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | '000 cbm | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 18.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | '000 cbm | 425 | 441 | 456 | 472 | 489 |
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