Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre in South Africa
South Africa: Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre was 0.267 m3 per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre in South Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre in South Africa stood at 0.267 m3 per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 44.4% on the previous year and up 264.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre in South Africa peaked at 0.267 m3 per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0131 m3 per square kilometre, in 1984.
That places South Africa 62nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre in South Africa, year by year
| Year | m3 per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0425 m3 per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0513 m3 per square kilometre | +20.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0579 m3 per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0443 m3 per square kilometre | -23.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0364 m3 per square kilometre | -18.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0477 m3 per square kilometre | +31.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0559 m3 per square kilometre | +17.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0572 m3 per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0598 m3 per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0584 m3 per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0871 m3 per square kilometre | +49.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0995 m3 per square kilometre | +14.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0955 m3 per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0522 m3 per square kilometre | -45.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0495 m3 per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0585 m3 per square kilometre | +18.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0523 m3 per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 1978 | 0.026 m3 per square kilometre | -50.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0297 m3 per square kilometre | +13.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0404 m3 per square kilometre | +36.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0265 m3 per square kilometre | -34.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0168 m3 per square kilometre | -36.4% |
| 1983 | 0.015 m3 per square kilometre | -10.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0131 m3 per square kilometre | -12.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0155 m3 per square kilometre | +18.2% |
| 1986 | 0.1024 m3 per square kilometre | +560.9% |
| 1987 | 0.1295 m3 per square kilometre | +26.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1232 m3 per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0656 m3 per square kilometre | -46.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0616 m3 per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0616 m3 per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0499 m3 per square kilometre | -19.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0274 m3 per square kilometre | -45.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0503 m3 per square kilometre | +83.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0354 m3 per square kilometre | -29.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0141 m3 per square kilometre | -60.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0133 m3 per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0175 m3 per square kilometre | +31.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0198 m3 per square kilometre | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0198 m3 per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0655 m3 per square kilometre | +231.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0681 m3 per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0558 m3 per square kilometre | -18.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0632 m3 per square kilometre | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0678 m3 per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0419 m3 per square kilometre | -38.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0291 m3 per square kilometre | -30.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0308 m3 per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 0.064 m3 per square kilometre | +108.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0574 m3 per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0819 m3 per square kilometre | +42.7% |
| 2012 | 0.084 m3 per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0733 m3 per square kilometre | -12.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1104 m3 per square kilometre | +50.6% |
| 2015 | 0.1396 m3 per square kilometre | +26.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1482 m3 per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 0.182 m3 per square kilometre | +22.8% |
| 2018 | 0.1999 m3 per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 0.228 m3 per square kilometre | +14.1% |
| 2020 | 0.2064 m3 per square kilometre | -9.5% |
| 2021 | 0.184 m3 per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 2022 | 0.1849 m3 per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.267 m3 per square kilometre | +44.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre in South Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +560.9% | 0.0155 m3 per square kilometre | 0.1024 m3 per square kilometre |
| 2001 | +231.2% | 0.0198 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0655 m3 per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0503 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0364 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0598 m3 per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0609 m3 per square kilometre | 0.026 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0995 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0548 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0131 m3 per square kilometre | 0.1295 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0351 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0133 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0616 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0506 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0198 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0681 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1305 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0574 m3 per square kilometre | 0.228 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2106 m3 per square kilometre | 0.184 m3 per square kilometre | 0.267 m3 per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More environment data for South Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 8.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.2953 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre in South Africa?
- Wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre in South Africa was 0.267 m3 per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.267 m3 per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0131 m3 per square kilometre in 1984.
- How does South Africa rank for wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre?
- South Africa ranks 62nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wood-based panels — export quantity, per square kilometre rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 264.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood-based panels — Export quantity divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood-based panels — Export quantity ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wood-based panels — Export quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wood-based panels — Export quantity divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.