Wood charcoal — Import quantity 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
237
Highest
637,734 t
China
Lowest
0 t
Norfolk Island
Median
274 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,114

What the numbers show

Wood charcoal — Import quantity is currently reported for 237 countries. The highest value is 637,734 t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Norfolk Island.

The median across all reporting countries is 274 t, and the mean is 16,572 t.

Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 547,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).

Wood charcoal — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 637,734 t 2024 up 140.7% volatile
2 China, mainland 602,000 t 2024 up 174.1% volatile
3 Saudi Arabia 181,371 t 2024 up 59.7% volatile
4 United States 134,950 t 2024 up 53.4% volatile
5 South Africa 129,284 t 2024 up 43.5% volatile
6 Japan 120,346 t 2024 down 20.8% volatile
7 Poland 116,108 t 2024 up 20.6% volatile
8 Bhutan 114,968 t 2024 up 196.7% volatile
9 Germany 106,058 t 2024 down 52.6% volatile
10 United Kingdom 99,000 t 2024 down 16.2% volatile
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99,000 t 2024 down 16.2% volatile
12 Republic of Korea 98,603 t 2024 down 17.3% rising
13 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 83,086 t 2024 up 275.6% volatile
14 United Arab Emirates 80,927 t 2024 down 24.2% volatile
15 Turkey 76,963 t 2024 up 31.6% volatile
15 Türkiye 76,963 t 2024 up 31.6% volatile
17 France 74,656 t 2024 down 28.7% volatile
18 Thailand 67,246 t 2024 down 55.7% volatile
19 Malaysia 64,614 t 2024 up 284.9% volatile
20 Italy 62,115 t 2024 up 1.9% volatile
21 Chile 60,000 t 2024 up 52.5% volatile
22 Greece 58,633 t 2024 up 3.6% volatile
23 Portugal 55,506 t 2024 up 61.9% volatile
24 Spain 53,373 t 2024 up 73.1% volatile
25 Brazil 49,107 t 2024 up 19.0% volatile
26 Lebanon 39,997 t 2024 up 43.1% volatile
27 Romania 38,859 t 2024 up 7,995.6% volatile
28 Norway 35,213 t 2024 down 12.0% volatile
29 Australia and New Zealand 32,993 t 2024 up 75.8% volatile
30 China, Taiwan Province of 32,196 t 2024 down 12.8% rising
31 Canada 31,000 t 2024 up 26.3% volatile
32 Australia 29,170 t 2024 up 75.4% volatile
33 Sweden 24,153 t 2024 down 38.3% volatile
34 Belgium-Luxembourg 24,000 t 1999 up 150.0% volatile
35 Israel 23,423 t 2024 up 0.7% volatile
36 Niger 21,896 t 2024 up 547,300.0% volatile
37 Belgium 21,547 t 2024 down 65.3% falling
38 Iraq 15,630 t 2024 up 15.6% volatile
39 Qatar 14,483 t 2024 up 102.5% volatile
40 Iceland 14,117 t 2024 up 5,128.5% volatile
41 Cyprus 13,872 t 2024 up 20.4% rising
42 Austria 11,615 t 2024 down 8.0% rising
43 Croatia 10,143 t 2024 up 107.1% volatile
44 Czechia 10,000 t 2024 down 49.2% volatile
45 Switzerland 9,965 t 2024 down 19.1% rising
46 Slovakia 9,790 t 2024 up 117.6% volatile
47 Singapore 9,134 t 2024 down 57.7% rising
48 Kuwait 9,093 t 2024 down 83.7% volatile
49 Uruguay 7,000 t 2024 up 226.6% volatile
50 Finland 6,781 t 2024 up 94.3% volatile
51 Lithuania 6,111 t 2024 up 49.9% volatile
52 Oman 5,844 t 2024 down 66.6% volatile
53 Bulgaria 5,800 t 2024 up 413.3% volatile
54 Jordan 5,672 t 2024 up 0.7% volatile
55 Kazakhstan 4,795 t 2024 up 52.0% volatile
56 Bahrain 4,434 t 2024 down 49.2% volatile
57 Slovenia 3,920 t 2024 up 73.8% volatile
58 New Zealand 3,823 t 2024 up 78.7% volatile
59 Peru 3,777 t 2024 up 1,769.8% volatile
60 Hungary 3,513 t 2024 up 64.5% volatile
61 Denmark 3,198 t 2024 down 79.4% volatile
62 Libya 3,046 t 2024 up 294.6% volatile
63 Serbia 3,000 t 2024 up 400.0% volatile
64 Egypt 2,976 t 2024 up 1,466.3% volatile
65 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,913 t 2024 down 60.4% volatile
66 Estonia 2,710 t 2024 down 48.4% volatile
67 Gambia 2,529 t 2024 up 8.1% volatile
68 Georgia 2,528 t 2024 up 532.0% volatile
69 Ireland 2,477 t 2024 up 195.6% volatile
70 Moldova 2,458 t 2024 up 439.0% volatile
70 Republic of Moldova 2,458 t 2024 up 439.0% volatile
72 Vietnam 2,417 t 2024 down 58.9% volatile
72 Viet Nam 2,417 t 2024 down 58.9% volatile
74 Syria 2,163 t 2024 up 561.5% volatile
74 Syrian Arab Republic 2,163 t 2024 up 561.5% volatile
76 Russia 2,135 t 2024 down 19.5% volatile
76 Russian Federation 2,135 t 2024 down 19.5% volatile
78 Latvia 1,910 t 2024 down 15.8% volatile
79 India 1,853 t 2024 down 88.4% volatile
80 Caribbean 1,832 t 2024 down 6.0% volatile
81 Costa Rica 1,807 t 2024 up 1,112.8% volatile
82 Armenia 1,769 t 2024 up 5,102.9% volatile
83 Luxembourg 1,629 t 2024 up 33.5% volatile
84 Palestine 1,502 t 2024 down 48.6% falling
84 Palestine 1,502 t 2024 down 48.6% falling
86 Sri Lanka 1,342 t 2024 down 95.7% volatile
87 Yugoslav SFR 1,100 t 1991 down 73.8% volatile
88 Morocco 990 t 2024 up 29.8% volatile
89 Albania 936 t 2024 — volatile
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 863 t 2024 up 105.5% volatile
91 Mexico 762 t 2024 up 25.5% volatile
92 Trinidad and Tobago 715 t 2024 down 21.3% volatile
93 Andorra 693 t 2024 up 2,289.7% volatile
94 North Macedonia 668 t 2024 up 75.3% volatile
95 Reunion 651 t 2024 unchanged rising
95 Réunion 651 t 2024 unchanged rising
97 Dominican Republic 638 t 2024 up 707.6% volatile
98 Indonesia 633 t 2024 up 2,082.8% volatile
99 Lesotho 632 t 2024 up 375.2% volatile
100 Yemen 626 t 2024 up 3,377.8% volatile
101 China, Macao SAR 625 t 2024 down 39.6% volatile
102 Maldives 606 t 2024 up 83.6% volatile
103 Azerbaijan 503 t 2024 up 353.2% volatile
104 Guatemala 489 t 2024 up 455.7% volatile
105 Botswana 487 t 2024 — volatile
106 Malta 468 t 2024 up 22.2% volatile
107 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 432 t 2024 down 91.5% volatile
108 Guinea 417 t 2024 up 1,290.0% volatile
109 Panama 400 t 2024 down 66.1% volatile
109 Ukraine 400 t 2024 down 70.4% volatile
111 Melanesia 394 t 2024 up 73.6% volatile
112 El Salvador 386 t 2024 up 2,312.5% volatile
113 Kyrgyzstan 382 t 2024 up 4,144.4% volatile
114 Mauritius 358 t 2024 up 173.3% volatile
115 Cote d'Ivoire 320 t 2024 up 1,180.0% volatile
115 Côte d'Ivoire 320 t 2024 up 1,180.0% volatile
117 Montenegro 300 t 2024 down 43.4% rising
118 Netherlands Antilles (former) 288 t 2010 up 0.3% volatile
119 Brunei 274 t 2024 down 46.5% rising
119 Brunei Darussalam 274 t 2024 down 46.5% rising
121 Fiji 243 t 2024 up 1,418.8% volatile
122 Paraguay 231 t 2024 down 43.1% volatile
123 Pakistan 178 t 2024 down 51.8% volatile
124 Polynesia 163 t 2024 up 5.2% volatile
125 Nepal 137 t 2024 up 50.5% volatile
126 Honduras 133 t 2024 up 250.0% volatile
127 Senegal 131 t 2024 up 3,175.0% volatile
128 French Polynesia 119 t 2024 up 6.2% volatile
129 Namibia 109 t 2024 down 37.4% volatile
130 Gibraltar 104 t 2024 up 5,100.0% volatile
131 Suriname 100 t 2024 up 9,900.0% volatile
131 Martinique 100 t 2024 unchanged flat
133 Mauritania 98 t 2024 up 78.2% volatile
134 Aruba 76 t 2024 down 71.3% volatile
134 Papua New Guinea 76 t 2024 up 85.4% volatile
136 Kenya 68 t 2024 up 61.9% volatile
137 Eswatini 67 t 2024 up 116.1% volatile
138 Cayman Islands 63 t 2024 up 687.5% volatile
138 Nigeria 63 t 2024 down 81.8% volatile
140 Myanmar 59 t 2024 up 2,850.0% volatile
141 Bahamas 57 t 2024 down 8.1% volatile
142 Curacao 56 t 2024 down 83.7% volatile
142 Curaçao 56 t 2024 down 83.7% volatile
144 Zimbabwe 49 t 2024 down 90.2% volatile
145 Turks and Caicos Islands 48 t 2024 up 860.0% volatile
146 Sierra Leone 47 t 2024 up 1,466.7% volatile
147 New Caledonia 44 t 2024 down 63.3% volatile
148 Mongolia 43 t 2024 up 34.4% volatile
149 Benin 38 t 2024 down 89.8% volatile
149 Congo 38 t 2024 up 192.3% volatile
149 Tunisia 38 t 2024 down 72.1% volatile
152 Colombia 36 t 2024 up 89.5% volatile
152 Micronesia 36 t 2024 up 200.0% volatile
154 Ethiopia 35 t 2024 down 77.0% volatile
155 Angola 33 t 2024 down 67.0% volatile
155 Seychelles 33 t 2024 up 1,000.0% volatile
157 Philippines 32 t 2024 down 5.9% volatile
158 Solomon Islands 30 t 2024 up 15.4% rising
159 Bangladesh 29 t 2024 down 14.7% volatile
160 Equatorial Guinea 28 t 2024 up 100.0% volatile
160 Nicaragua 28 t 2023 up 211.1% volatile
162 Cameroon 27 t 2024 up 575.0% volatile
163 Sudan (former) 26 t 2011 up 62.5% volatile
163 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 26 t 2024 unchanged volatile
165 Zambia 22 t 2024 up 266.7% volatile
165 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22 t 2024 down 96.7% volatile
167 Cambodia 21 t 2024 up 40.0% volatile
167 Laos 21 t 2024 down 16.0% volatile
167 Lao People's Democratic Republic 21 t 2024 down 16.0% volatile
170 Algeria 19 t 2024 down 93.3% volatile
171 Saint Martin (French Part) 18 t 2024 unchanged flat
172 Guam 17 t 2024 — volatile
173 Somalia 16 t 2024 down 50.0% volatile
173 Samoa 16 t 2024 down 33.3% volatile
173 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16 t 2024 down 91.0% volatile
176 Tajikistan 15 t 2024 down 86.4% volatile
177 Liberia 14 t 2024 up 133.3% volatile
177 Mozambique 14 t 2024 down 46.2% volatile
177 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 14 t 2024 down 39.1% volatile
180 Barbados 12 t 2024 down 67.6% volatile
180 Guyana 12 t 2024 up 500.0% volatile
182 Greenland 11 t 2024 down 35.3% volatile
183 Bermuda 10 t 2024 — volatile
183 Dominica 10 t 2024 up 900.0% volatile
185 Palau 9 t 2024 down 25.0% volatile
185 United Republic of Tanzania 9 t 2024 down 25.0% volatile
187 Afghanistan 8 t 2024 down 77.8% volatile
187 Ecuador 8 t 2024 down 87.5% volatile
187 Faroe Islands 8 t 2024 down 20.0% volatile
187 Sao Tome and Principe 8 t 2024 up 100.0% volatile
187 Cabo Verde 8 t 2024 down 38.5% volatile
192 Jamaica 7 t 2024 down 41.7% volatile
192 Marshall Islands 7 t 2024 up 40.0% rising
194 British Virgin Islands 6 t 2024 down 85.0% volatile
195 Antigua and Barbuda 5 t 2024 unchanged rising
195 Mali 5 t 2024 — volatile
195 Tonga 5 t 2024 down 73.7% volatile
198 Ghana 4 t 2024 down 94.1% volatile
198 Haiti 4 t 2024 down 89.2% volatile
198 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 t 2024 down 20.0% volatile
201 Belize 3 t 2024 unchanged volatile
201 Saint Lucia 3 t 2024 down 62.5% volatile
201 Nauru 3 t 2024 up 50.0% volatile
201 East Timor 3 t 2024 up 50.0% volatile
201 Timor-Leste 3 t 2024 up 50.0% volatile
201 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 3 t 2024 down 90.0% falling
201 Nauru 3 t 2024 up 50.0% volatile
208 Djibouti 2 t 2024 down 99.6% volatile
208 Grenada 2 t 2024 unchanged rising
208 Malawi 2 t 2024 down 80.0% volatile
208 Cook Islands 2 t 2024 down 50.0% volatile
208 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 t 2024 down 75.0% volatile
208 Wallis and Futuna Islands 2 t 2024 down 33.3% volatile
208 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 2 t 2024 down 96.9% volatile
215 Argentina 1 t 2024 down 87.5% volatile
215 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 t 2024 unchanged volatile
215 Turkmenistan 1 t 2024 down 90.0% volatile
215 Vanuatu 1 t 2024 down 95.8% volatile
219 Burundi 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Burkina Faso 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Belarus 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Central African Republic 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Comoros 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Cuba 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Eritrea 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Gabon 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Madagascar 0 t 2024 — volatile
219 Rwanda 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Sudan 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Chad 0 t 2024 down 100.0% falling
219 Togo 0 t 2024 — volatile
219 Uganda 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Uzbekistan 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Guadeloupe 0 t 2024 — volatile
219 Niue 0 t 2024 — volatile
219 Serbia and Montenegro 0 t 2005 down 100.0% volatile
219 Norfolk Island 0 t 2024 — volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Wood charcoal — Import quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,114 data points, 1961–2024
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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