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Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — 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
182
Highest
1.30 million m3
Italy
Lowest
0 m3
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Median
117 m3
Years covered
56
1961–2016
Data points
5,804

What the numbers show

Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import quantity is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 1.30 million m3 in Italy; the lowest is 0 m3 in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 117 m3, and the mean is 28,942 m3.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 3,095,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).

Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 1.30 million m3 2016 up 18.7% rising
2 Romania 601,494 m3 2016 up 60,049.4% volatile
3 Austria 530,187 m3 2016 up 62.6% volatile
4 Germany 526,748 m3 2016 down 3.7% volatile
5 Greece 219,643 m3 2016 up 220.7% volatile
6 France 210,185 m3 2016 up 372.4% volatile
7 Belgium 207,570 m3 2016 up 348.8% volatile
8 Eswatini 206,000 m3 2016 up 242.0% volatile
9 Sweden 188,183 m3 2016 down 18.2% volatile
10 Slovenia 184,371 m3 2016 up 241.7% volatile
11 Hungary 165,754 m3 2016 down 1.3% volatile
12 Norway 113,170 m3 2016 down 35.3% volatile
13 Denmark 101,782 m3 2016 down 57.5% volatile
14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 101,640 m3 2016 up 2,224.8% volatile
15 Albania 100,000 m3 2016 — volatile
16 Croatia 49,815 m3 2016 up 1,560.5% volatile
17 Lithuania 46,508 m3 2016 up 265.2% volatile
18 Slovakia 37,494 m3 2016 up 274.9% volatile
19 North Macedonia 30,958 m3 2016 up 3,095,700.0% volatile
20 Finland 29,088 m3 2016 down 83.3% volatile
21 Türkiye 26,000 m3 2016 down 88.8% volatile
22 Czechia 24,813 m3 2016 down 48.3% volatile
23 Luxembourg 20,886 m3 2016 up 1,465.7% volatile
24 Sudan 20,819 m3 2016 — volatile
25 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 19,400 m3 2016 up 977.8% volatile
26 Poland 17,949 m3 2016 up 28.2% volatile
27 Belgium-Luxembourg 17,000 m3 1999 down 57.5% volatile
28 Yugoslav SFR 16,400 m3 1991 down 22.3% volatile
29 Switzerland 14,916 m3 2016 up 114.6% volatile
30 Spain 14,287 m3 2016 down 66.0% volatile
31 Estonia 11,417 m3 2016 up 542.5% volatile
32 Gambia 9,139 m3 2016 up 228,375.0% volatile
33 Kazakhstan 7,860 m3 2016 up 392,900.0% volatile
34 Canada 6,942 m3 2016 down 92.3% rising
35 United Arab Emirates 6,003 m3 2016 — volatile
36 Ireland 5,944 m3 2016 up 450.4% volatile
37 Portugal 5,664 m3 2016 up 183.2% volatile
38 Qatar 5,458 m3 2016 down 48.0% volatile
39 Serbia 5,000 m3 2016 up 400.0% volatile
40 Latvia 4,627 m3 2016 up 140.6% volatile
41 Bulgaria 3,408 m3 2016 up 1,515.2% volatile
42 Serbia and Montenegro 3,000 m3 2005 — volatile
43 Viet Nam 2,894 m3 2016 up 96.3% volatile
44 Lesotho 2,800 m3 2016 — volatile
45 India 2,794 m3 2016 down 96.5% volatile
46 Andorra 2,440 m3 2016 unchanged flat
47 Burkina Faso 1,855 m3 2016 up 30,816.7% volatile
48 China 1,817 m3 2016 down 82.9% volatile
49 Peru 1,762 m3 2016 — volatile
50 Cyprus 1,723 m3 2016 up 256.7% volatile
51 Saudi Arabia 1,627 m3 2016 down 61.3% volatile
52 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,600 m3 2016 up 48.3% volatile
53 Pakistan 1,462 m3 2016 — volatile
54 Israel 1,161 m3 2016 up 1,901.7% volatile
55 Ethiopia 1,133 m3 2016 up 386.3% volatile
56 China, Taiwan Province of 1,083 m3 2016 down 58.3% volatile
57 Lebanon 1,045 m3 2016 — volatile
58 Nigeria 919 m3 2016 up 111.8% volatile
59 Belarus 910 m3 2016 up 80.6% volatile
60 Kuwait 894 m3 2016 — volatile
61 Mexico 810 m3 2016 down 59.5% volatile
62 Australia 802 m3 2016 up 301.0% volatile
62 Australia and New Zealand 802 m3 2016 up 285.6% volatile
64 Indonesia 790 m3 2016 — volatile
65 Caribbean 771 m3 2016 down 82.9% volatile
66 Namibia 705 m3 2016 up 293.9% volatile
67 Japan 680 m3 2016 down 2.9% volatile
68 Malta 653 m3 2016 up 2,739.1% volatile
69 Bahrain 620 m3 2016 up 1,048.2% volatile
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 620 m3 2016 up 316.1% volatile
71 China, mainland 615 m3 2016 down 92.3% volatile
72 Singapore 542 m3 2016 up 1,593.8% volatile
73 Morocco 538 m3 2016 up 478.5% volatile
74 Sudan (former) 518 m3 2011 — volatile
75 Maldives 440 m3 2016 up 20.9% volatile
76 Jordan 371 m3 2016 — volatile
77 Guadeloupe 359 m3 2016 unchanged flat
77 Micronesia 359 m3 2016 up 6.8% flat
79 Brazil 357 m3 2016 — volatile
80 Republic of Korea 240 m3 2016 — volatile
81 Micronesia (Federated States of) 238 m3 2016 up 10.7% falling
82 Ukraine 200 m3 2016 down 73.1% volatile
83 Mozambique 196 m3 2016 up 988.9% volatile
84 Mauritania 191 m3 2016 up 664.0% volatile
85 Oman 166 m3 2016 up 5,433.3% volatile
86 Malaysia 164 m3 2016 down 98.6% volatile
87 Afghanistan 163 m3 2016 up 986.7% volatile
88 Iceland 162 m3 2016 up 153.1% volatile
89 Bhutan 153 m3 2016 — rising
90 Syrian Arab Republic 132 m3 2016 down 62.8% volatile
91 Kiribati 121 m3 2016 unchanged flat
92 Bahamas 113 m3 2016 down 89.2% volatile
93 Ecuador 112 m3 2016 — volatile
94 Botswana 93 m3 2016 down 76.8% falling
95 China, Macao SAR 92 m3 2016 up 1,433.3% volatile
96 Sierra Leone 84 m3 2016 down 36.4% volatile
96 Zimbabwe 84 m3 2016 — volatile
98 Curaçao 83 m3 2016 unchanged flat
99 Dominican Republic 82 m3 2016 — volatile
100 Djibouti 76 m3 2016 — volatile
101 Kenya 73 m3 2016 down 55.8% volatile
102 Gibraltar 72 m3 2016 unchanged flat
103 Suriname 64 m3 2016 — volatile
104 Côte d'Ivoire 62 m3 2016 up 6,100.0% volatile
105 Benin 54 m3 2016 up 5,300.0% volatile
105 Philippines 54 m3 2016 — volatile
107 Malawi 53 m3 2016 up 2,550.0% volatile
107 Trinidad and Tobago 53 m3 2016 — volatile
109 Thailand 46 m3 2016 — volatile
109 Netherlands Antilles (former) 46 m3 2010 down 73.6% falling
111 Polynesia 39 m3 2016 down 97.7% volatile
112 Dominica 38 m3 2016 — volatile
112 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 38 m3 2016 down 89.6% volatile
114 Samoa 37 m3 2016 up 164.3% volatile
115 Mongolia 36 m3 2016 — volatile
116 Democratic Republic of the Congo 30 m3 2016 up 650.0% volatile
117 Bangladesh 28 m3 2016 down 86.3% volatile
117 United Republic of Tanzania 28 m3 2016 up 115.4% volatile
119 China, Hong Kong SAR 27 m3 2016 — volatile
120 Cayman Islands 25 m3 2016 down 66.7% volatile
121 Melanesia 24 m3 2016 up 2,300.0% volatile
122 Papua New Guinea 23 m3 2016 — volatile
122 Somalia 23 m3 2016 up 1,050.0% volatile
122 Zambia 23 m3 2016 down 14.8% volatile
125 Egypt 22 m3 2016 — volatile
126 Libya 21 m3 2016 — volatile
127 Tunisia 17 m3 2016 — volatile
128 Uganda 12 m3 2016 down 40.0% volatile
129 Cabo Verde 6 m3 2016 down 89.1% volatile
130 Barbados 5 m3 2016 down 99.8% volatile
130 Nicaragua 5 m3 2016 down 99.3% volatile
130 Chad 5 m3 2016 unchanged flat
133 Sri Lanka 4 m3 2016 down 97.0% volatile
134 Aruba 3 m3 2016 down 94.9% volatile
134 Senegal 3 m3 2016 down 95.8% volatile
136 Angola 2 m3 2016 down 93.3% volatile
136 Algeria 2 m3 2016 unchanged flat
136 Ghana 2 m3 2016 down 96.9% volatile
136 Iraq 2 m3 2016 — volatile
136 Mauritius 2 m3 2016 unchanged volatile
136 French Polynesia 2 m3 2016 up 100.0% volatile
136 Sao Tome and Principe 2 m3 2016 unchanged rising
136 Brunei Darussalam 2 m3 2016 down 33.3% volatile
144 Belize 1 m3 2016 down 98.7% volatile
144 Greenland 1 m3 2016 down 85.7% volatile
144 Guyana 1 m3 2016 unchanged flat
144 Jamaica 1 m3 2016 down 95.0% volatile
144 New Caledonia 1 m3 2016 unchanged volatile
144 Timor-Leste 1 m3 2016 unchanged flat
150 Argentina 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Armenia 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Azerbaijan 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Burundi 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 Chile 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 Colombia 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 Comoros 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Faroe Islands 0 m3 2016 — flat
150 Georgia 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Guatemala 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 Honduras 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 Haiti 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 Kyrgyzstan 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Saint Lucia 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 Mali 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Montenegro 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Nepal 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 New Zealand 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 Panama 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 El Salvador 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 m3 2016 — flat
150 Tajikistan 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Turkmenistan 0 m3 2016 — flat
150 Tonga 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
150 Uruguay 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Uzbekistan 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Yemen 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Martinique 0 m3 2016 — flat
150 Republic of Moldova 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% falling
150 Russian Federation 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 m3 2016 — volatile
150 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 m3 2016 — 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 fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import quantity
Unit
m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
212 places, 5,804 data points, 1961–2016
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