Wood fuel — 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
201
Highest
919,795 m3
South Africa
Lowest
0 m3
Brunei Darussalam
Median
117 m3
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,389

What the numbers show

Wood fuel — Import quantity is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 919,795 m3 in South Africa; the lowest is 0 m3 in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 117 m3, and the mean is 26,568 m3.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in New Zealand (up 11,566.7%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Wood fuel — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 919,795 m3 2024 up 185.2% volatile
2 Romania 478,078 m3 2024 down 24.2% volatile
3 Eswatini 413,279 m3 2024 up 90.5% volatile
4 Italy 396,580 m3 2024 down 68.2% rising
5 United Kingdom 340,000 m3 2024 up 490.2% volatile
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 340,000 m3 2024 up 490.2% volatile
7 Austria 267,186 m3 2024 down 68.7% volatile
8 France 200,128 m3 2024 down 5.1% volatile
9 Finland 192,935 m3 2024 up 472.7% volatile
10 Sweden 189,904 m3 2024 down 49.7% volatile
11 Norway 166,529 m3 2024 up 64.6% volatile
12 Denmark 151,508 m3 2024 down 6.1% volatile
13 Slovenia 149,088 m3 2024 down 11.1% volatile
14 Germany 115,651 m3 2024 down 85.1% volatile
15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 106,330 m3 2024 up 131.2% volatile
16 Spain 93,922 m3 2024 up 1,172.7% volatile
17 Croatia 90,893 m3 2024 up 426.4% volatile
18 Belgium 87,803 m3 2024 down 79.4% volatile
19 Ireland 78,565 m3 2024 up 798.5% volatile
20 United States 67,247 m3 2024 down 55.9% volatile
21 Saudi Arabia 52,455 m3 2024 up 1,780.1% volatile
22 Turkmenistan 38,000 m3 2024 — volatile
23 Latvia 35,210 m3 2024 up 3,142.2% volatile
24 Poland 33,959 m3 2024 down 62.1% volatile
25 Greece 29,061 m3 2024 down 86.8% volatile
26 Albania 22,534 m3 2024 down 77.5% volatile
27 Slovakia 22,240 m3 2024 down 82.7% volatile
28 Switzerland 22,023 m3 2024 up 42.2% volatile
29 China 21,706 m3 2024 up 83.8% volatile
30 China, mainland 21,045 m3 2024 up 115.0% volatile
31 Sudan 20,819 m3 2016 — volatile
32 Belgium-Luxembourg 17,000 m3 1999 down 57.5% volatile
33 Yugoslav SFR 16,400 m3 1991 down 22.3% volatile
34 Lithuania 12,448 m3 2024 down 68.0% volatile
35 United Arab Emirates 10,975 m3 2024 up 141.2% volatile
36 Estonia 10,628 m3 2024 up 14.9% volatile
37 Kuwait 9,471 m3 2024 up 1,079.5% volatile
38 Israel 8,584 m3 2024 up 1,192.8% volatile
39 Luxembourg 7,825 m3 2024 down 59.8% volatile
40 Czechia 7,000 m3 2024 down 68.2% volatile
41 Hungary 6,148 m3 2024 down 93.2% volatile
42 Andorra 5,254 m3 2024 up 115.3% rising
43 Serbia 4,000 m3 2024 down 75.0% volatile
44 Japan 3,926 m3 2024 up 1,621.9% volatile
45 North Macedonia 3,880 m3 2024 down 51.4% volatile
46 Qatar 3,771 m3 2024 up 5.1% volatile
47 Moldova 3,581 m3 2024 up 548.7% volatile
47 Republic of Moldova 3,581 m3 2024 up 548.7% volatile
49 Serbia and Montenegro 3,000 m3 2005 — volatile
50 Palestine 2,934 m3 2024 down 77.9% volatile
50 Palestine 2,934 m3 2024 down 77.9% volatile
52 Georgia 2,500 m3 2024 — volatile
53 Singapore 1,921 m3 2024 up 735.2% volatile
54 Nigeria 1,886 m3 2024 up 105.2% volatile
55 Australia and New Zealand 1,858 m3 2024 up 486.1% volatile
56 Republic of Korea 1,571 m3 2024 up 888.0% volatile
57 New Zealand 1,400 m3 2024 up 11,566.7% volatile
58 Caribbean 1,396 m3 2024 up 56.2% volatile
59 Vietnam 1,229 m3 2024 up 33.9% volatile
59 Viet Nam 1,229 m3 2024 up 33.9% volatile
61 Cyprus 1,166 m3 2024 down 10.3% volatile
62 Cayman Islands 1,066 m3 2024 up 4,164.0% volatile
63 Tajikistan 1,009 m3 2024 — volatile
64 Malta 758 m3 2024 up 60.6% volatile
65 Namibia 731 m3 2024 up 58.6% volatile
66 Ethiopia 679 m3 2024 up 1,091.2% volatile
67 Maldives 603 m3 2024 down 3.1% volatile
68 Sudan (former) 518 m3 2011 — volatile
69 Bahrain 471 m3 2024 down 70.0% volatile
70 Bangladesh 464 m3 2024 up 1,557.1% volatile
70 Turkey 464 m3 2024 down 94.4% volatile
70 Türkiye 464 m3 2024 down 94.4% volatile
73 Australia 458 m3 2024 up 50.2% volatile
74 Mexico 421 m3 2024 down 90.9% volatile
75 Portugal 367 m3 2024 down 94.3% volatile
76 Guadeloupe 359 m3 2016 unchanged flat
76 Micronesia 359 m3 2016 up 6.8% flat
78 China, Taiwan Province of 323 m3 2024 down 75.9% volatile
79 Kyrgyzstan 320 m3 2024 up 2,809.1% volatile
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 299 m3 2024 down 52.4% volatile
81 China, Macao SAR 285 m3 2024 up 209.8% volatile
82 Comoros 277 m3 2024 — volatile
83 Oman 269 m3 2024 up 144.5% volatile
84 Bahamas 253 m3 2024 up 87.4% volatile
85 Canada 246 m3 2024 down 99.7% volatile
86 India 241 m3 2024 up 113.3% volatile
87 Micronesia (Federated States of) 238 m3 2016 up 10.7% falling
88 Myanmar 223 m3 2024 up 1,386.7% volatile
89 Iceland 205 m3 2024 up 68.0% volatile
90 Mauritania 191 m3 2016 up 664.0% volatile
91 Jordan 185 m3 2024 up 153.4% volatile
92 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 174 m3 2024 up 2,075.0% volatile
93 United Republic of Tanzania 168 m3 2024 up 500.0% volatile
94 Bhutan 153 m3 2016 — rising
95 Syria 132 m3 2016 down 62.8% volatile
95 Syrian Arab Republic 132 m3 2016 down 62.8% volatile
97 Azerbaijan 128 m3 2024 down 87.2% volatile
98 Bermuda 124 m3 2024 up 65.3% rising
99 Kiribati 121 m3 2016 unchanged flat
100 Cote d'Ivoire 117 m3 2024 up 200.0% volatile
100 Côte d'Ivoire 117 m3 2024 up 200.0% volatile
102 Thailand 108 m3 2024 down 10.0% volatile
103 Ukraine 100 m3 2024 down 50.0% volatile
104 Indonesia 95 m3 2024 down 31.7% volatile
105 Greenland 90 m3 2024 up 210.3% volatile
105 Pakistan 90 m3 2024 down 13.5% volatile
107 Yemen 89 m3 2024 up 1,680.0% volatile
108 Sierra Leone 84 m3 2016 down 36.4% volatile
109 Kenya 83 m3 2024 up 13.7% volatile
110 Dominican Republic 82 m3 2016 — volatile
111 Djibouti 76 m3 2016 — volatile
112 Mongolia 74 m3 2024 down 83.9% volatile
113 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 70 m3 2024 down 95.6% volatile
114 Lesotho 69 m3 2024 down 76.2% volatile
115 Algeria 60 m3 2024 up 2,900.0% volatile
116 Benin 54 m3 2016 up 5,300.0% volatile
116 Lebanon 54 m3 2024 down 98.1% volatile
118 China, Hong Kong SAR 53 m3 2024 down 91.0% volatile
119 Uzbekistan 52 m3 2024 — volatile
120 Faroe Islands 50 m3 2024 — volatile
121 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 49 m3 2024 up 1,533.3% volatile
122 Netherlands Antilles (former) 46 m3 2010 down 73.6% falling
123 Dominica 38 m3 2016 — volatile
123 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 38 m3 2024 — volatile
125 Samoa 37 m3 2016 up 164.3% volatile
126 Libya 32 m3 2024 up 146.2% volatile
127 Burkina Faso 31 m3 2024 down 98.3% volatile
127 Curacao 31 m3 2024 down 62.7% volatile
127 Curaçao 31 m3 2024 down 62.7% volatile
130 Aruba 29 m3 2024 up 2,800.0% volatile
131 Bulgaria 25 m3 2024 down 94.3% volatile
132 Mauritius 24 m3 2024 up 700.0% volatile
133 Brazil 23 m3 2024 down 88.7% volatile
133 Gibraltar 23 m3 2024 down 68.1% falling
135 Zambia 20 m3 2024 up 566.7% volatile
135 Zimbabwe 20 m3 2024 down 71.4% volatile
137 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 19 m3 2024 — volatile
138 Armenia 17 m3 2024 — volatile
139 Guatemala 16 m3 2024 — volatile
140 Trinidad and Tobago 15 m3 2024 down 71.7% volatile
141 Angola 13 m3 2024 up 550.0% volatile
141 Argentina 13 m3 2024 — volatile
143 Colombia 12 m3 2024 — volatile
143 Uganda 12 m3 2016 down 40.0% volatile
145 Papua New Guinea 11 m3 2024 down 98.0% volatile
145 Melanesia 11 m3 2024 down 98.0% volatile
147 Somalia 9 m3 2024 down 60.9% volatile
148 Botswana 8 m3 2024 down 94.7% volatile
148 French Polynesia 8 m3 2024 up 100.0% volatile
148 Polynesia 8 m3 2024 up 60.0% volatile
151 Ghana 7 m3 2024 down 98.9% volatile
152 Philippines 6 m3 2024 down 97.2% volatile
152 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6 m3 2024 down 80.0% volatile
154 Barbados 5 m3 2016 down 99.8% volatile
154 Chad 5 m3 2016 unchanged flat
156 Laos 4 m3 2024 — volatile
156 Sri Lanka 4 m3 2016 down 97.0% volatile
156 Madagascar 4 m3 2024 up 100.0% volatile
156 El Salvador 4 m3 2024 — volatile
156 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4 m3 2024 — volatile
161 Afghanistan 3 m3 2024 up 50.0% volatile
161 Suriname 3 m3 2024 — volatile
163 Saint Lucia 2 m3 2024 — volatile
163 Mozambique 2 m3 2024 down 60.0% volatile
163 Peru 2 m3 2024 — volatile
163 Sao Tome and Principe 2 m3 2016 unchanged rising
167 Egypt 1 m3 2024 — volatile
167 Gambia 1 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
167 Guyana 1 m3 2016 unchanged flat
167 Jamaica 1 m3 2016 down 95.0% volatile
167 Malaysia 1 m3 2024 down 97.7% volatile
167 New Caledonia 1 m3 2016 unchanged volatile
167 Nepal 1 m3 2024 down 95.0% volatile
167 Panama 1 m3 2024 unchanged volatile
167 Senegal 1 m3 2024 down 95.7% volatile
167 East Timor 1 m3 2016 unchanged flat
167 Timor-Leste 1 m3 2016 unchanged flat
178 Antigua and Barbuda 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Burundi 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
178 Belarus 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Belize 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Brunei 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Chile 0 m3 2024 — volatile
178 Ecuador 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Honduras 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
178 Haiti 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
178 Iraq 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Kazakhstan 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Morocco 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Mali 0 m3 2016 — volatile
178 Montenegro 0 m3 2024 — volatile
178 Malawi 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Nicaragua 0 m3 2023 down 100.0% volatile
178 Russia 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Tonga 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
178 Tunisia 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Uruguay 0 m3 2024 — volatile
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 m3 2024 — volatile
178 Cabo Verde 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Russian Federation 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
178 Brunei Darussalam 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 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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About this data

Indicator
Wood fuel — Import quantity
Unit
m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 7,389 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