Timber removals rose 3.51% to 523 '000 cbm in Yemen in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Yemen reached an all time high of 523 '000 cbm in 2015 and an all time low of 98.2 '000 cbm in 1961. When compared to Yemen's main peers, timber removals in Djibouti amounted to 385 '000 cbm, 1,023 '000 cbm in Eritrea, 45.4 '000 cbm in Oman and 282 '000 cbm in Saudi Arabia in 2015.
Yemen has been ranked 139th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 6 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 |
| Djibouti | '000 cbm | 349 | 356 | 362 | 367 | 373 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | '000 cbm | 897 | 927 | 965 | 992 | 1,023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | '000 cbm | 102,805 | 104,209 | 105,544 | 106,901 | 108,281 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | '000 cbm | 853 | 750 | 706 | 782 | 782 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | '000 cbm | 177 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 177 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | '000 cbm | 298 | 306 | 314 | 322 | 330 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | '000 cbm | 37.6 | 39.0 | 40.2 | 41.4 | 42.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | '000 cbm | 240 | 247 | 254 | 261 | 268 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | '000 cbm | 13,203 | 13,611 | 14,067 | 14,067 | 14,067 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | '000 cbm | 20,720 | 20,949 | ... | 15,686 | 15,841 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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