The pie charts show the destination of export goods in three countries in 2010

The pie charts reveal data associated with the proportion of forest and woods in five different areas, namely south america, africa, asia, europe and north america. (26)

Overall, the highest percentage of forests was recorded in africa, while the figure for asia was by far lower. Meanwhile, there was a big difference in the percentage of woods in north america and africa. (35)

The proportion of global forests in five areas was nearly equal. In terms of forests, just over half of all forest in the world was found in africa and north america, at 27% and 25% respectively. The figure for south america was 16%, 2% lower than that of europe but 2% higher than the percentage of asia in the world. (60)

north america stood in the first place in the percentage of timber, at 30%, followed by the second ranking south america, at around 23%. In contrast, only 18% of timbers was found in asia, which doubled the proportion of africa. europe countries accounted for 18% of total woods in the world. (51)