Wood chips and particles — 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
89
Highest
44.38 million m3
China
Lowest
0 m3
Turkmenistan
Median
383,000 m3
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
2,829

What the numbers show

Wood chips and particles — Production is currently reported for 89 countries. The highest value is 44.38 million m3 in China; the lowest is 0 m3 in Turkmenistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 383,000 m3, and the mean is 2.98 million m3.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 1,611.6%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 100.0%).

Wood chips and particles — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 44.38 million m3 2024 up 2.9% volatile
1 China, mainland 44.38 million m3 2024 up 2.9% volatile
3 Viet Nam 21.00 million m3 2024 up 61.5% volatile
4 Canada 13.70 million m3 2024 down 46.2% volatile
5 Brazil 13.62 million m3 2024 up 98.0% rising
6 Russian Federation 11.82 million m3 2024 up 74.2% rising
7 Sweden 11.06 million m3 2024 up 7.4% falling
8 Germany 10.37 million m3 2024 down 0.2% rising
9 Belarus 8.85 million m3 2024 up 453.3% volatile
10 Finland 8.61 million m3 2024 up 2.2% falling
11 Chile 8.38 million m3 2024 down 17.4% rising
12 France 6.84 million m3 2024 up 14.1% rising
13 Thailand 5.00 million m3 2024 up 140.4% rising
14 Latvia 4.89 million m3 2024 up 78.5% rising
15 Australia and New Zealand 4.44 million m3 2024 down 64.4% falling
16 Japan 4.11 million m3 2024 down 19.2% rising
17 Austria 3.66 million m3 2024 up 14.6% falling
18 Australia 3.20 million m3 2024 down 71.5% falling
19 Poland 3.20 million m3 2024 down 3.6% volatile
20 Türkiye 3.04 million m3 2024 up 862.3% volatile
21 Argentina 2.49 million m3 2024 up 37.7% rising
22 Spain 2.28 million m3 2024 up 22.3% falling
23 Italy 2.00 million m3 2024 down 58.3% volatile
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.99 million m3 2024 down 22.0% rising
25 Portugal 1.89 million m3 2024 up 58.1% volatile
26 Norway 1.80 million m3 2024 up 444.2% volatile
27 Indonesia 1.79 million m3 2024 unchanged rising
28 Estonia 1.70 million m3 2024 unchanged rising
29 Lithuania 1.24 million m3 2024 down 0.5% rising
29 New Zealand 1.24 million m3 2024 unchanged rising
31 Republic of Korea 1.01 million m3 2024 up 114.7% rising
32 Czechia 890,000 m3 2024 up 22.6% flat
32 Slovenia 890,000 m3 2024 up 256.0% volatile
34 Belgium 815,190 m3 2024 up 72.3% rising
35 Switzerland 806,551 m3 2024 up 10.6% volatile
36 Slovakia 778,401 m3 2024 down 0.2% rising
37 Hungary 711,294 m3 2024 up 185.4% volatile
38 Malaysia 681,000 m3 2024 down 8.5% rising
39 Ireland 655,000 m3 2024 up 11.3% rising
40 Ukraine 625,000 m3 2024 up 11.6% volatile
41 Mexico 582,000 m3 2024 up 129.1% rising
42 Luxembourg 422,460 m3 2024 unchanged falling
43 Fiji 400,400 m3 2024 up 90.7% rising
43 Melanesia 400,400 m3 2024 up 90.7% rising
45 Sudan 383,000 m3 2024 unchanged rising
46 Uruguay 337,000 m3 2024 down 62.0% volatile
47 Croatia 249,918 m3 2024 down 63.3% volatile
48 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 215,000 m3 2024 down 64.2% volatile
49 Serbia 194,000 m3 2024 up 25.2% volatile
50 Denmark 168,030 m3 2024 unchanged volatile
51 Romania 160,500 m3 2024 down 67.0% volatile
52 Zambia 134,000 m3 2024 up 127.1% rising
53 Costa Rica 107,803 m3 2024 up 4.1% rising
54 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 100,000 m3 2024 down 6.5% volatile
55 Bulgaria 98,658 m3 2024 down 34.2% volatile
56 Kazakhstan 94,310 m3 2024 up 1,611.6% volatile
57 Ecuador 71,932 m3 2024 down 64.0% falling
58 Colombia 65,000 m3 2024 down 43.0% volatile
59 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47,304 m3 2024 up 105.7% volatile
60 Montenegro 42,315 m3 2024 volatile
61 Paraguay 31,600 m3 2024 unchanged rising
62 Guatemala 27,145 m3 2024 down 59.3% volatile
63 Ethiopia 22,500 m3 2024 unchanged rising
64 Guyana 16,100 m3 2024 down 21.3% falling
65 Albania 11,184 m3 2024 up 459.2% volatile
66 Egypt 6,750 m3 2024 unchanged flat
67 Panama 4,000 m3 2024 unchanged rising
68 Bhutan 3,121 m3 2024 down 38.6% volatile
69 Greece 2,500 m3 2024 unchanged volatile
70 Cyprus 2,009 m3 2024 up 47.7% falling
71 Serbia and Montenegro 2,000 m3 2005 down 33.3% falling
72 Madagascar 1,766 m3 2024 up 17.9% volatile
73 Cuba 500 m3 2024 unchanged falling
73 Caribbean 500 m3 2024 unchanged falling
75 Yemen 350 m3 2024 down 97.7% volatile
76 Mauritius 320 m3 2024 up 6.7% volatile
77 Azerbaijan 100 m3 2024 unchanged volatile
78 Republic of Moldova 84 m3 2024 volatile
79 Uzbekistan 36 m3 2024 volatile
80 Armenia 0 m3 2024 flat
80 Georgia 0 m3 2024 flat
80 Honduras 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
80 Iceland 0 m3 2024 flat
80 Kyrgyzstan 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
80 Liechtenstein 0 m3 2024 volatile
80 North Macedonia 0 m3 2024 flat
80 Malta 0 m3 2024 flat
80 Seychelles 0 m3 2024 flat
80 Turkmenistan 0 m3 2024 flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Wood chips and particles — Production
Unit
m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
118 places, 2,829 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed

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