Table III a. — Classification of forests in use

	Country		A. By composition — A. Par composition
			Total	Conifers	Nonconifers	Mixed woods	Open areas	Tropical rain forests ×	Conifers † Résineux
			Total	Résineux	Feuillus	Peuplements mélangés	Superficies non boisées	Forêts tropicales humides ×	Conifers † Résineux
			1 000 hectares					%
1	Grand total §		▲ 1 619 530	818 890	651 220	94 280	54 440		54	1
2	Europe §		135 220	71 990	49 110	10 490	3 630		59	2
3	Albania ‡		1 000 *	(............210 *	.............790 *	......................	.....................)	-	21	3
4	Austria		3 177	2 472	484	-	221	-	78	4
5	Belgium		601	212	355	-	34	-	35	5
6	Bulgaria		3 259	489	2 770	-	-	-	15	6
7	Czechoslovakia		4 026	2 110	1 075	786	55	-	60	7
8	Denmark		436	209	130	30	67	-	51	8
9	Fed. Rep. of Germany		7 038	4 764	2 200		74	-	68	9
10	Finland		21 874	(.......18 571...	..........3 172...	.....................)	131	-	85	10
11	France		11 500	(.........3 500...	..........7 440...	.....................)	560	-	30	11
12	Germany, Eastern		2 958	(.........2 285...	.............610...	.....................)	63	-	77	12
13	Greece		1 976	(............664...	..........1 065...	.....................)	247	-	34	13
14	Hungary		1 232	70	1 150	-	12	-	6	14
15	Iceland		1.5	-	1.5	-	-	-	-	15
16	Ireland		145	(............110...	..............35...	.....................)	-	-	76	16
17	Italy		a 5 781	1 089	4 402	290	-	-	20	17
18	Liechtenstein		b 4.2	3.3	-	0.9	-	-	86	18
19	Luxembourg		83	17	64	0.8	1	-	22	19
20	Netherlands		250	160	55	30	5	-	71	20
21	Norway		5 300	(.........4 400...	.............750...	.....................)	150	-	83	21
22	Poland		c 7 467	5 799	1 129	-	539	-	78	22
23	Portugal		2 600	1 200	1 100	290	10	-	49	23
24	Romania		5 768	(.........1 383...	..........4 385...	......................	.....................)	-	24	24
25	Spain		15 800	(.........6 400...	..........8 200...	..........1 200...	.....................)	-	45	25
26	Sweden		22 940	13 260	1 250	7 400	1 030	-	87	26
27	Switzerland		897	480	50	367	-	-	80	27
	United Kingdom:
28		Great Britain	1 562	593	448	89	432	-	41	28
29		Northern Ireland	27	20	7	-	-	-	74	29
30	Yugoslavia		7 521	(.........1 521...	..........6 000...	......................	.....................)	-	20	30
31	U.S.S.R. ‡		d 636 700	(.....505 800...	......130 900...	......................	.....................)	-	79	31
32	North America §		400 290	187 720	101 650	70 590	40 330		55	32
33	Canada		e 186 595	102 729	21 504	40 239	22 123	-	66	33
34	Greenland		10	-	10	-	-	-	-	34
35	United States		f 213 682	84 987	80 131	30 353	18 211	-	45	35
36	Central America §		10 560	3 000	7 400	60	100		29	36
37	Bahamas		202	(............174...	...............28...	......................	.....................)		86	37
38	British Honduras		1 378	178	1 166	34	-	15	13	38
39	Cuba		1 090	(............109...	.............981...	......................	.....................)		10	39
40	Dominican Republic		200	(............125...	...............50...	...............25...	.....................)		64	40
41	El Salvador		275	25	230	5	15		10	41
42	Guadeloupe		10	-	(..............10...	-	.....................)	75	-	42
43	Guatemala		2 650	(............840...	..........1 810...	.....................	.....................)	77	31	43
44	Haiti		600	(............100...	.............500...	.....................	.....................)		17	44
45	Honduras		1 080	700	300	-	80	80	65	45
46	Jamaica		26	-	25	-	1	100	-	46
47	Martinique		10	-	(..............10...	-	.....................)	75	-	47
48	Nicaragua		1 502	750 *	752 *	-	-		50	48
49	Panama		1 181	-	(.........1 181...	-	.....................)		-	49
50	Puerto Rico		g 120	-	120	-	-	-	-	50
51	Trinidad and Tobago		232	-	232	-	-	100	-	51
	Windward Islands:
52		Grenada	0.2	-	0.2	-	-	100	-	52
53		St. Lucia	6	-	6	-	-		-	53
54		St. Vincent	1.2	-	1.2	-	-		-	54
55	South America §		▲ 74 970	6 750	59 790	4 500	3 700		11	55
56	Argentina		10 250	(............250...	.........7 000...	.....................)	3 000		2	56
57	Bolivia		b 6 000 *	- *	(........ 6 000 *	- *	.....................)		-	57
58	Brazil		40 000	(.........6 000...	.......32 500...	............1 500...	.....................)		17	58
59	British Guiana		260	-	(............260...	-	.....................)	100	-	59
60	Chile		▲ 4 641	492	1 119	3 000	-	-	15	60
61	Colombia		▲ 6 800	-	5 900	-	700	99	-	61
62	Ecuador		300	-	(............300...	.....................	.....................)	90	-	62
63	French Guiana		50	-	(..............50...	-	.....................)	100	-	63
64	Paraguay		5 017	-	5 017	-	-		-	64
65	Surinam		10	-	10	-	-	100	-	65
66	Uruguay		538	10	528	-	-	-	2	66
67	Venezuela		1 100	-	(.........1 100...	-	.....................)		-	67
68	Africa §		▲ 105 650	1 680	102 900	980	80		2	68
69	Algeria		e 1 608	(............638...	.............968...	...................2...	.....................)		40	69
70	Bechuanaland		36	-	36	-	-	100	-	70
71	Belgian Congo		6 106	(................7...	..........6 099...	........................	.....................)	94	0.1	71
72	British Somaliland		8 159	-	(.........8 029...	...........130...	.....................)	-	1	72
73	Comoro Islands		17	-	17	-	-	65	-	73
	Federation of:
74		Ethiopia	200	(.............200	-	......................	.....................)		..	74
75		Eritrea	604	-	(............599...	.................5...	.....................)		1	75
	Fed. of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
76		Northern Rhodesia	4 274	-	(.........4 274...	-	.....................)	-	-	76
77		Nyasaland	161	7	106	-	48	15	4	77
78		Southern Rhodesia	852	29	823	-	-		3	78
79	French Cameroons		3 000	-	(.........3 000...	-	.....................)		-	79
80	Fr. Equat. Africa		12 027	-	(.......12 027...	-	.....................)		-	80
81		Chad								81
82		Gabun	[10 000]	-	(.....[10 000]...	-	.....................)	100	-	82
83		Middle Congo								83
84		Ubangi-Shari								84
85	French Somaliland		60	-	-	60	-		17	85
86	French Togoland		200	-	199	-	1		-	86
87	French West Africa:									87
88		Dahomey	100	-	(............100...	-	.....................)		-	88
89		Ivory Coast	5 000		(.........5 000...	-	.....................)	50	-	89
90		Mauritania	10 035	-	(.......10 035...	-	.....................)	-	-	90
91		Niger								91
92		Senegal	11 700	-	(.......11 700...	-	.....................)		-	92
93		Sudan	1 100	-	(.........1 100...	-	.....................)		-	93
94		Upper Volta	40□	-	40□	-	-	-	-	94
95	Gambia		19	-	19	-	-	-	-	95
96	Ghana ‡		1 724	-	1 701	-	23	99	-	96
97	Ifni		22	1	21	-	-		5	97
98	Kenya		478	42	(.....................	............436..)	-		27	98
99	Liberia		22	-	22	-	-	100	-	99
100	Libya		b 318	140	108	70	-		77	100
101	Madagascar		2 610	-	(.........2 610...	-	.....................)	70	-	101
102	Mauritius		13	2	10	-	1	40	15	102
103	Morocco		415	145	250	20	-	-	37	103
104	Nigeria ‡		1 078	-	(.........1 078...	-	.....................)	73	-	104
105	Reunion		10	0.2	(.............9.8...	-	.....................)	13	2	105
106	Ruanda Urundi		41	2	39	-	-		5	106
107	Seychelles		5.6	-	4.0	-	1.0	50	-	107
108	Sierra Leone ‡		0.4	-	(...0.4	-	.....................)	100	-	108
109	Somalia		64	-	( 64...	-	.....................)		-	109
110	South West Africa		1 166	-	1 166	-	-		-	110
111	Spanish Guinea		240	-	240	-	-	100	-	111
112	Sudan ‡		3 300	-	(.........3 300...	.....................)	-	0.1	-	112
113	Swaziland		28	(..............28...	-	-	.....................)	-	100	113
114	Tanganyika		27 195	-	26 936	259	-	1	0.3	114
115	Tunisia		270	150	120	-	-	-	56	115
116	U.A.R. (Egypt)		0.2	-	(.............0.1...	.................0.1	.....................)		-	116
117	Uganda		▲ 117	(................2...	.............107...	-	.....................)	80	2	117
118	Union of S. Africa		1 250	286	964	-	-	-	23	118
119	Zanzibar		21	-	(..............21...	.....................)	-	94	-	119
120	Asia §		▲ 236 280	37 790	184 350	7 080	6 600		17	120
121	Afghanistan		350	(............280...	................55...	...............15...	.....................)		83	121
122	Cyprus		173	158	2	13	-		97	122
123	Iran		1 000	-	1 000	-	-			123
124	Iraq		900	(..............50...	.............850...	.....................)	-	-	6	124
125	Israel		2	1	1	-	-	-	50	125
126	Jordan		48	(................1...	................46	.................1...	.....................)		3	126
127	Lebanon		35	(..............14...	................21...	.......................	.....................)		40	127
128	Turkey		10 302	5 350	4 511	410	31		54	128
129	U.A.R. (Syria)		244	30	120	-	94		20	129
130	British North Borneo		355	-	355	-	-	100	-	130
131	Brunei		187	-	(............187...	-	.....................)	100	-	131
132	Burma		24 087	-	(.......19 684...	..........4 403...	.....................)	17	9	132
133	Cambodia		2 080	(..............30...	..........2 000...	...............50...	.....................)		2	133
134	Ceylon		1 045	1	1 036	-	8		0.1	134
135	China (Mainland) ‡		e 28 100	(.......17 870...	........10 230...	...........i...	.....................)		64	135
136	India ‡		j 43 973	(.........1 238...	........42 735...	......................	.....................)		3	136
137	Indonesia		▲ 61 268	(.........2 718...	........55 168...	.....................)	3 347		4	137
138	Japan		▲ 12 411	5 827	4 203	1 408	799	-	53	138
139	Korea, South		▲ 4 605	1 947	792	645	1 218		49	139
140	Laos		4 000	(...............50...	..........3 900...	...............50...	.....................)	100	2	140
141	Malaya		220	-	220	-	-	100	-	141
142	Nepal ‡		3 133	(............500...	..........2 633...	.......................	.....................)		16	142
143	Neth. New Guinea		90	-	(..............90...	.....................)	-	100	-	143
144	Pakistan		2 469	(............142...	.........2 327...	-	.....................)	23	58	144
145	Philippines		5 001	850	3 282	-	869	100	17	145
146	Ryukyu Islands		129	(...............20 *	.............109 *	-	.....................)	10	16	146
147	Sarawak		1 302	-	1 302	-	-	100	-	147
148	Taiwan		k ▲ 1 969	(............373...	.........1 427...	..............55...	.....................)	43	20	148
149	Thailand		19 097	(............133...	........18 964...	-	.....................)	36	0.7	149
150	Viet Nam, South		▲ 3 700	100	3 400	30	110		3	150
151	Viet Nam, North ‡		▲ 4 000 *	(............110 *	..........3 700 *	.....................)	120 *		3	151
152	Pacific Area §		19 860	4 160	15 120	580	-		22	152
153	Australia		e 17 871	(. .......3 445...	.........14 219...	...............207...	.....................)		20	153
154	Brit. Solomon Islands		2	(.............0.5...	...............1.2...	-	.....................)		29	154
155	Fiji		41	-	35	6	-	74	-	155
156	Hawaii		450	-	450	-	-		-	156
157	New Caledonia		10 *	- *	8 *	2 *	- *		-	157
158	New Guinea (Austr.) and Papua		250	(..............26...	.............224..	.....................	.....................)		10	158
159	New Hebrides		8	-	8	-	-	-	-	159
160	New Zealand		1 225	678	180	367	-	-	70	160
161	Niue ‡		0.2	-	(................0.2	.....................)	-	100	-	161
162	Norfolk Island		0.6	0.6	-	-	-	-	100	162
163	Tonga		5	(................5...	-	-	.....................)		100	163

×	As percentage of non-coniferous forests.
†	Proportion of conifers in mixed woods has been taken into consideration in calculating the percentage of area under conifers.
§	Countries listed only.
a	Includes 3 500 000 hectares protection forests.
b	All accessible forests.
c	Includes unproductive forests.
d	National forest fund (“Goslesfond”).
e	Accessible productive forests.
f	All productive forests, accessible and inaccessible.
g	Includes 10 000 hectares protection forests.
h	Area of permitted exploitation.
i	Less than 1% of forest area.
j	Accessible productive forests for which growing stock estimates are available.
k	All forests, accessible and inaccessible.
▲	Includes following areas of bamboo stands:

Country		1 000 hectares
	Chile	30
	Columbia	200
	Uganda	8
	Indonesia	35
	Japan	174
	Korea, South	3
	Taiwan	114
	Viet Nam, South	60
	Viet Nam, North	70 *