Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production by country
The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are...
Countries reporting
190
Highest
172.46 million m3
United States
Lowest
0 m3
Martinique
Median
542,898 m3
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
12,422
What the numbers show
Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 172.46 million m3 in United States; the lowest is 0 m3 in Martinique.
The median across all reporting countries is 542,898 m3, and the mean is 8.27 million m3.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 5,733.3%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 172.46 million m3 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 137.30 million m3 | 1991 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 3 | Russia | 132.82 million m3 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 132.82 million m3 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 5 | Canada | 99.47 million m3 | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 6 | China | 94.39 million m3 | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 7 | China, mainland | 94.37 million m3 | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 66.90 million m3 | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 9 | India | 48.16 million m3 | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 39.25 million m3 | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 37.00 million m3 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 12 | Sweden | 34.40 million m3 | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 13 | Indonesia | 33.37 million m3 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | New Zealand | 30.01 million m3 | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Finland | 25.73 million m3 | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 16 | Vietnam | 24.30 million m3 | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 24.30 million m3 | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Poland | 17.73 million m3 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 19 | Chile | 16.62 million m3 | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Japan | 16.22 million m3 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 21 | France | 14.92 million m3 | 2024 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 22 | Malaysia | 12.05 million m3 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 23 | Austria | 11.20 million m3 | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 24 | Czechia | 9.50 million m3 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 25 | Argentina | 9.27 million m3 | 2024 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia | 9.24 million m3 | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 27 | Turkey | 8.67 million m3 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 27 | Türkiye | 8.67 million m3 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 8.56 million m3 | 2024 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 30 | Belarus | 8.24 million m3 | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 31 | Melanesia | 7.67 million m3 | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Romania | 7.64 million m3 | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 33 | Nigeria | 7.60 million m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 34 | Norway | 6.91 million m3 | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 35 | Czechoslovakia | 6.70 million m3 | 1992 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 36 | Thailand | 6.20 million m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 37 | Spain | 5.94 million m3 | 2024 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 38 | Yugoslav SFR | 5.90 million m3 | 1991 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 39 | Latvia | 5.50 million m3 | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 5.34 million m3 | 2024 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.34 million m3 | 2024 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 42 | South Africa | 5.31 million m3 | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 43 | Ukraine | 4.97 million m3 | 2024 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 44 | Slovakia | 4.40 million m3 | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 4.03 million m3 | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Lithuania | 3.77 million m3 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 47 | Estonia | 3.56 million m3 | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 48 | Uganda | 3.55 million m3 | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Paraguay | 3.52 million m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Uruguay | 3.46 million m3 | 2024 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Solomon Islands | 3.20 million m3 | 2024 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Pakistan | 3.09 million m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 53 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3.06 million m3 | 1999 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 54 | Guatemala | 2.93 million m3 | 2024 | up 358.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Gabon | 2.92 million m3 | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 56 | Cameroon | 2.91 million m3 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 57 | Belgium | 2.82 million m3 | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 2.68 million m3 | 2024 | up 68.8% | falling |
| 59 | Croatia | 2.60 million m3 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 60 | Myanmar | 2.56 million m3 | 2024 | down 46.2% | rising |
| 61 | Ireland | 2.52 million m3 | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.40 million m3 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 62 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.40 million m3 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 64 | Slovenia | 2.40 million m3 | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 65 | Switzerland | 2.19 million m3 | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 66 | Ghana | 1.98 million m3 | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.77 million m3 | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 1.70 million m3 | 2024 | up 444.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Portugal | 1.63 million m3 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 70 | Peru | 1.49 million m3 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 71 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.39 million m3 | 2024 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Zambia | 1.34 million m3 | 2024 | up 205.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Congo | 1.33 million m3 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.30 million m3 | 2024 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Laos | 1.30 million m3 | 2024 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Nepal | 1.30 million m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.30 million m3 | 2024 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 1.25 million m3 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 79 | Hungary | 1.23 million m3 | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 80 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.10 million m3 | 2005 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 81 | Denmark | 1.07 million m3 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 82 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.00 million m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 997,000 m3 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 84 | Rwanda | 961,927 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 85 | Afghanistan | 856,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 850,868 m3 | 2024 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 87 | Honduras | 804,596 m3 | 2024 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 88 | United Republic of Tanzania | 785,079 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Caribbean | 739,529 m3 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 90 | Republic of Korea | 726,000 m3 | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 91 | El Salvador | 682,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 92 | Philippines | 656,714 m3 | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Ethiopia | 626,000 m3 | 2024 | up 5,590.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 600,568 m3 | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 95 | Ecuador | 549,083 m3 | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 536,713 m3 | 2024 | up 126.0% | rising |
| 97 | Montenegro | 532,000 m3 | 2024 | up 145.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Kenya | 486,000 m3 | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 99 | Mozambique | 480,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Mali | 470,000 m3 | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Colombia | 467,000 m3 | 2024 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 102 | Suriname | 433,800 m3 | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Liberia | 421,860 m3 | 2024 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Panama | 407,000 m3 | 2024 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Fiji | 392,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Sudan | 360,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 346,000 m3 | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Guyana | 342,000 m3 | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 109 | Greece | 326,823 m3 | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 110 | Cambodia | 313,000 m3 | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Burundi | 307,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | Eswatini | 260,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 113 | Cuba | 250,000 m3 | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Togo | 246,000 m3 | 2024 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Malawi | 230,000 m3 | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Haiti | 224,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Sierra Leone | 210,000 m3 | 2024 | up 5,733.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 202,121 m3 | 2024 | down 50.3% | rising |
| 119 | Angola | 200,000 m3 | 2024 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 196,138 m3 | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 166,800 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 122 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 162,000 m3 | 2024 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 123 | Madagascar | 155,132 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 124 | Sudan (former) | 150,000 m3 | 2011 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Guinea | 138,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 126 | Egypt | 134,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 127 | Benin | 133,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 128 | Albania | 122,200 m3 | 2024 | up 714.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 115,700 m3 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 130 | Georgia | 96,000 m3 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 131 | North Macedonia | 94,000 m3 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 88,009 m3 | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Tunisia | 86,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | 75,930 m3 | 2024 | up 181.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Burkina Faso | 73,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Morocco | 71,000 m3 | 2024 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Libya | 63,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Senegal | 62,000 m3 | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 139 | French Guiana | 58,537 m3 | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 51,325 m3 | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 141 | Brunei | 49,861 m3 | 2024 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 49,861 m3 | 2024 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 46,860 m3 | 2024 | up 905.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Mongolia | 43,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Belize | 41,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 146 | Mauritania | 30,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 147 | Bhutan | 28,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 147 | Algeria | 28,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 147 | Somalia | 28,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Vanuatu | 28,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 151 | Moldova | 26,000 m3 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 151 | Republic of Moldova | 26,000 m3 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 153 | Iraq | 25,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 24,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | China, Taiwan Province of | 21,877 m3 | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Bahamas | 17,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Syria | 16,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 157 | Syrian Arab Republic | 16,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Ethiopia PDR | 15,000 m3 | 1992 | down 87.5% | falling |
| 160 | Lesotho | 14,000 m3 | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 160 | Chad | 14,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 162 | New Caledonia | 12,700 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 163 | Reunion | 10,550 m3 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 163 | Réunion | 10,550 m3 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 165 | Israel | 10,400 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 166 | Polynesia | 10,100 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 167 | Gambia | 10,000 m3 | 2024 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Seychelles | 9,680 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Comoros | 8,650 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Lebanon | 7,150 m3 | 2024 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 171 | Barbados | 5,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 171 | Cook Islands | 5,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Liechtenstein | 3,518 m3 | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Samoa | 2,700 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 175 | Tonga | 2,000 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,910 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 177 | Cyprus | 1,619 m3 | 2024 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Mauritius | 1,160 m3 | 2024 | up 728.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Azerbaijan | 1,100 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 180 | Eritrea | 1,020 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 181 | Jamaica | 799 m3 | 2024 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 400 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Mayotte | 150 m3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 184 | Yemen | 100 m3 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 185 | Armenia | 0 m3 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Iceland | 0 m3 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Kazakhstan | 0 m3 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Uzbekistan | 0 m3 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Guadeloupe | 0 m3 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Martinique | 0 m3 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.10 billion m3
- Americas 391.87 million m3
- Europe 364.07 million m3
- Northern America 271.92 million m3
- Asia 257.46 million m3
- European Union (27) 200.06 million m3
- Eastern Europe 187.81 million m3
- United States of America 172.46 million m3
- Eastern Asia 112.38 million m3
- South America 104.85 million m3
- Northern Europe 88.80 million m3
- South-Eastern Asia 80.80 million m3
- Western Europe 68.38 million m3
- Southern Asia 55.41 million m3
- Oceania 46.93 million m3
- Africa 39.12 million m3
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 36.53 million m3
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 23.07 million m3
- Southern Europe 19.08 million m3
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 18.93 million m3
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 17.60 million m3
- Central America 14.37 million m3
- Western Africa 13.78 million m3
- Eastern Africa 9.59 million m3
- Middle Africa 9.42 million m3
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 9.28 million m3
- Western Asia 8.83 million m3
- Southern Africa 5.58 million m3
- Northern Africa 742,000 m3
- Central Asia 46,860 m3
About this data
The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en