Timber removals rose 1.07% to 5,240 '000 cbm in Bhutan in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals in Bhutan reached an all time high of 5,240 '000 cbm in 2015 and an all time low of 2,645 '000 cbm in 1961. When compared to Bhutan's main peers, timber removals in Bangladesh amounted to 26,787 '000 cbm, 339,683 '000 cbm in China, 356,151 '000 cbm in India and 13,534 '000 cbm in Nepal in 2015.
Bhutan has been ranked 91st within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of timber removals, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Timber Removals | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Bangladesh | '000 cbm | 27,641 | 27,569 | 27,410 | 27,253 | 27,098 | ||||||||||||||||
Bhutan | '000 cbm | 4,967 | 5,035 | 5,025 | 5,078 | 5,129 | ||||||||||||||||
China | '000 cbm | 339,942 | 350,633 | 346,359 | 341,666 | 347,524 | ||||||||||||||||
India | '000 cbm | 356,546 | 358,066 | 358,293 | 357,761 | 357,226 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | '000 cbm | 16,711 | 17,281 | 18,374 | 18,559 | 21,134 | ||||||||||||||||
Myanmar | '000 cbm | 42,548 | 42,457 | 43,025 | 43,273 | 42,833 | ||||||||||||||||
Nepal | '000 cbm | 13,815 | 13,826 | 13,764 | 13,703 | 13,644 | ||||||||||||||||
Pakistan | '000 cbm | 32,650 | 32,650 | 32,650 | 32,650 | 32,650 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | '000 cbm | 158,900 | 175,499 | 191,225 | 192,055 | 194,461 | ||||||||||||||||
Sri Lanka | '000 cbm | 5,894 | 5,823 | 5,747 | 5,672 | 5,599 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | '000 cbm | 332,528 | 376,572 | 395,141 | 387,512 | 396,818 |