1984-86
average

1987-89
average

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001
prel.

..................................................................million square feet..................................................................

World

2 747.3

3 777.8

4 851.6

4 895.5

5 200.6

5 653.9

7 984.8

9 333.5

9 993.5

10 242.9

9 717.4

9 900.2

11 699.6

12 121.6

Developing All

1 162.8

1 937.8

2 759.5

2 999.6

3 315.7

3 515.3

5 162.6

6 390.4

6 923.3

6 808.3

6 136.5

6 216.0

7 185.1

7 830.0

Latin America &
Caribbean

489.0

639.7

837.0

756.7

863.8

915.0

988.9

834.7

776.7

854.2

857.1

885.7

992.4

1 012.0

Argentina

263.3

233.6

330.5

252.3

259.2

285.0

323.6

207.6

184.2

207.4

194.5

219.5

238.5

239.3

Bolivia

1.4

1.8

2.0

7.6

8.0

13.5

5.5

3.7

3.3

5.7

4.7

8.4

13.0

12.0

Brazil

129.1

267.1

320.3

341.0

434.0

435.0

435.0

435.0

406.8

445.4

456.6

452.7

461.0

489.6

Chile

0.9

1.2

1.1

0.7

0.6

0.2

1.0

4.4

3.5

10.4

10.0

10.5

18.5

15.8

Colombia

7.6

18.3

26.1

22.4

26.6

27.0

27.5

17.9

11.4

13.5

15.4

24.0

52.9

48.2

Costa Rica

3.0

5.0

6.5

5.3

4.0

4.2

7.5

6.4

8.7

9.3

7.2

7.5

11.1

11.1

Dominican
Republic

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.6

Ecuador

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.8

El Salvador

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.9

1.2

1.8

0.7

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.1

Guatemala

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.6

1.5

1.7

Honduras

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.9

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.4

0.3

0.8

0.8

Mexico

4.8

13.4

21.6

18.4

28.5

31.5

49.9

39.4

45.0

38.7

40.3

32.3

36.9

31.6

Nicaragua

1.9

1.9

2.2

0.8

0.4

0.4

1.1

4.3

5.2

5.0

5.5

4.9

5.5

6.2

Panama

4.6

7.7

6.6

7.9

7.1

8.6

9.4

8.5

9.4

10.2

10.4

13.0

11.4

9.5

Paraguay

6.0

11.7

13.5

11.6

15.5

15.2

17.4

16.9

15.1

16.3

19.1

24.0

35.0

37.9

Peru

0.0

0.0

0.9

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.1

1.0

0.7

Uruguay

65.5

77.5

85.7

83.8

77.2

71.5

85.9

83.0

75.9

76.5

75.1

73.9

80.0

78.9

Venezuela

0.0

0.0

19.3

3.7

1.1

19.9

21.2

5.4

6.3

13.5

15.7

12.5

24.3

27.4

Africa

33.9

52.8

57.9

58.0

62.0

59.9

52.8

39.6

41.5

41.4

37.1

36.6

49.5

59.0

Algeria

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

3.8

Cameroon

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Ethiopia

8.0

8.0

8.5

9.0

9.0

9.4

9.4

10.0

10.0

Ethiopia PDR

5.6

8.1

8.0

9.0

9.0

Kenya

22.0

36.8

37.5

35.0

34.0

36.1

23.8

12.5

15.0

14.5

12.8

11.5

12.0

12.0

Madagascar

1.3

1.3

1.1

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.7

1.1

1.0

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.1

Mali

0.6

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.5

1.1

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

Morocco

0.0

0.4

4.5

6.2

3.6

2.8

8.0

2.7

2.0

1.7

0.9

0.8

11.2

15.3

Nigeria

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

Senegal

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.5

Tanzania

1.0

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

Tunisia

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.7

0.9

3.0

6.6

Zimbabwe

2.9

4.2

4.8

4.4

12.1

9.3

9.5

12.0

11.0

12.0

10.0

11.0

10.0

8.0

Near East

3.8

4.1

4.4

4.4

5.6

11.0

23.5

16.8

24.1

34.3

40.5

47.5

62.7

71.5

Afghanistan

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.0

2.0

Cyprus

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.2

5.2

1.5

2.7

4.2

3.9

4.7

2.2

0.5

0.1

Egypt

0.0

0.4

0.6

0.6

1.8

2.0

6.5

4.2

7.0

10.0

14.6

26.3

47.3

50.4

Sudan

1.5

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.2

Syrian Arab
Republic

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Turkey

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.5

12.4

6.7

9.5

17.2

17.8

15.6

11.7

17.8

Far East

636.1

1 241.2

1 860.2

2 180.5

2 384.3

2 529.4

4 097.4

5 499.4

6 080.9

5 878.4

5 201.8

5 246.1

6 080.7

6 687.5

Bangladesh

40.0

58.6

73.5

56.3

75.2

68.0

67.0

68.0

67.0

55.0

48.2

49.0

50.0

52.0

China

38.0

56.5

62.0

68.6

70.6

213.0

416.3

535.1

681.5

919.3

927.4

4 125.3

4 839.5

5 578.7

China,
Hong Kong

303.1

581.8

836.2

1 014.5

978.3

969.4

1 891.7

3 117.4

3 543.4

3 478.8

3 203.6

India

122.3

120.4

86.2

101.8

99.1

113.5

146.5

132.5

130.0

112.5

50.5

53.0

57.9

24.6

Indonesia

1.3

17.2

9.4

6.6

8.8

7.3

7.6

5.2

5.4

6.2

20.2

30.9

67.0

29.5

Korea,
Republic of

31.3

266.3

632.6

803.9

1 034.1

1 036.8

1 435.7

1 499.8

1 507.7

1 173.0

799.4

829.0

891.8

804.4

Malaysia

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.5

1.2

11.6

17.0

17.5

17.9

18.1

17.9

25.7

Pakistan

84.7

116.0

126.9

95.5

78.6

73.9

80.8

85.0

80.0

70.0

70.0

75.0

70.0

65.0

Philippines

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

Singapore

2.9

8.8

15.0

15.3

19.7

22.0

12.4

8.0

7.8

9.4

7.8

11.7

12.6

14.8

Sri Lanka

1.1

0.7

4.2

4.6

3.5

2.5

1.5

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.3

Thailand

11.2

14.3

13.5

12.9

15.5

22.2

36.5

36.1

40.6

36.0

56.0

53.4

73.1

91.9

Developed All

1 584.6

1 840.0

2 092.1

1 895.9

1 884.9

2 138.6

2 822.2

2 943.1

3 070.2

3 434.6

3 580.9

3 684.2

4 514.5

4 291.6

North America

208.8

326.8

499.2

369.7

428.9

436.9

600.3

658.8

615.5

783.4

892.1

910.8

1 023.9

916.9

Canada

5.7

30.4

22.2

13.7

14.9

26.9

23.6

24.2

26.6

21.2

24.5

29.1

22.8

22.0

USA

203.1

296.4

477.0

356.0

414.0

410.0

576.8

634.6

588.9

762.2

867.5

881.7

1 001.1

894.9

Europe

1 078.3

1 182.6

1 244.1

1 205.8

1 134.7

1 403.5

1 913.3

1 982.4

2 138.8

2 349.8

2 375.4

2 448.3

3 185.2

3 075.3

EU (15)

1 038.7

1 134.8

1 195.6

1 153.7

1 073.4

1 306.1

1 798.1

1 877.8

2 040.2

2 257.3

2 291.8

2 370.1

3 097.7

2 992.2

Austria

49.6

67.8

73.3

68.2

72.4

68.2

68.2

89.7

88.8

121.5

135.0

160.4

163.0

178.4

Belgium-
Luxembourg

32.1

29.8

28.4

21.5

19.0

26.4

32.2

45.7

38.8

29.7

20.7

18.2

24.5

24.7

Denmark

16.9

15.3

14.3

13.4

16.0

7.1

14.5

16.7

19.8

16.4

14.4

16.9

20.0

16.3

Finland

5.3

10.7

11.0

10.5

10.7

11.0

12.9

10.8

5.7

6.2

7.2

5.7

7.4

7.4

France

60.6

67.0

95.8

70.4

63.2

85.8

87.9

74.9

84.1

85.6

89.4

100.3

183.3

114.6

Germany

134.7

151.0

179.5

202.7

203.8

215.9

208.4

199.1

182.2

222.5

262.1

258.3

326.2

280.9

Greece

8.5

6.5

5.1

4.0

5.5

3.3

3.9

3.5

4.2

2.9

4.7

6.5

9.3

15.3

Ireland

12.1

6.8

8.3

9.8

12.7

10.0

20.6

27.7

32.1

33.1

40.6

26.2

21.9

26.1

Italy

489.7

466.4

444.7

433.2

409.5

582.9

976.7

1 078.7

1 237.7

1 317.9

1 370.4

1 399.0

1 942.6

1 938.1

Netherlands

80.1

84.6

91.7

81.8

78.9

71.3

71.0

66.3

63.9

97.0

56.4

70.2

12.0

66.1

Portugal

1.7

8.8

13.5

18.8

17.1

19.6

25.4

18.8

20.2

21.2

20.7

23.3

26.6

26.7

Spain

43.2

78.4

59.0

73.9

39.1

50.8

52.0

56.2

59.0

93.1

88.0

98.2

105.4

115.1

Sweden

47.5

36.4

22.4

20.2

20.6

24.1

24.8

23.3

24.0

23.5

24.2

31.3

31.9

28.4

UK

56.7

105.1

148.6

125.4

105.0

129.9

199.8

166.5

179.9

186.4

158.2

155.3

223.5

154.1

Rest of Europe

39.6

47.9

48.6

52.2

61.3

97.3

115.2

104.6

98.6

92.5

83.6

78.2

87.5

83.1

Croatia

6.0

7.2

11.5

5.5

4.8

5.5

5.0

4.2

9.0

11.1

Czech Republic

8.3

9.6

14.2

12.0

7.6

5.0

4.7

4.0

3.1

Hungary

2.3

11.1

20.8

18.6

16.2

15.0

14.8

14.0

13.6

14.1

8.8

5.0

6.7

7.7

Norway

12.5

10.8

8.9

8.6

10.3

14.8

14.9

12.4

10.1

10.9

11.1

13.6

17.1

11.6

Poland

0.7

1.3

3.0

5.0

7.0

7.0

15.6

13.0

14.8

15.0

15.5

14.0

11.3

12.0

Romania

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

2.1

7.6

10.2

9.0

7.7

4.0

2.3

3.5

5.8

5.0

Serbia and
Montenegro

12.0

12.0

9.0

12.0

10.0

8.0

8.0

8.5

8.5

8.5

Slovakia

13.5

17.7

15.2

15.0

18.0

20.0

16.0

17.0

17.0

Slovenia

2.0

3.0

1.9

1.7

0.9

0.8

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.7

Switzerland

13.9

8.5

4.4

4.8

5.7

8.9

9.9

7.6

9.6

8.6

6.9

7.7

7.3

6.4

Yugoslav SFR

10.3

16.2

11.5

15.0

Oceania
Developed

86.2

108.6

105.2

86.1

116.3

144.1

152.6

164.9

172.4

184.4

194.9

223.4

203.9

197.8

Australia

50.7

65.1

58.7

70.7

93.7

120.0

133.5

149.1

156.4

164.4

169.9

189.8

162.4

148.5

New Zealand

35.6

43.5

46.5

15.4

22.5

24.2

19.1

15.8

16.0

20.0

25.0

33.6

41.5

49.3

Developed
Other

211.2

221.9

243.6

234.2

204.9

154.1

155.9

137.0

143.5

117.0

118.5

101.8

101.5

101.6

Israel

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.5

Japan

207.9

218.3

239.7

230.6

200.5

148.8

148.0

129.7

135.9

106.4

69.7

75.0

75.0

75.0

South Africa

2.8

2.9

3.2

2.9

3.7

4.6

7.2

6.5

7.0

10.0

48.3

26.3

26.0

26.1