FSC Facts & FiguresNovember 21, 2019

Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.5% of total FSC-certified area

( 7,104,900 ha )

53 certificates

Africa

Europe

50.5% of total FSC-certified area

( 101,547,867 ha )

789 certificates

AsiaNorth America

South America & Caribbean

Global FSC-certified forest area

100 - 99,999

No FSC certified forest

250,000 - 499,999

100,000 - 249,999

750,000 - 999,999

500,000 - 749,999

2,500,000 - 4,999,999

1,000,000 - 2,499,999

7,500,000 - 9,999,999

5,000,000 - 7,499,999

10,000,000 and above

Based on numbers from FSC International - Core Business SystemsCreated: 21.11.2019

32.4% of total FSC-certified area

( 65,230,346 ha )

257 certificates

7% of total FSC-certified area

( 14,031,400 ha )

267 certificates

1.3% of total FSC-certified area( 2,654,097 ha )39 certificates

5.2% of total FSC-certified area

( 10,539,130 ha )

264 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

201,107,740 ha

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Global FSC-certified Area and Number of Certificates: by region and country

Total area (ha) No.Africa

341,708CAMEROON 12,410,693CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 4

125,083ESWATINI 42,061,190GABON 6

21,430GHANA 250,753MOZAMBIQUE 2

391,711NAMIBIA 410,002RWANDA 16,281SIERRA LEONE 1

1,426,947SOUTH AFRICA 21216,317TANZANIA, UNITED 3

42,785UGANDA 4

7,104,900 53Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 11,109,003CHINA 80

619,254INDIA 92,955,291INDONESIA 38

413,236JAPAN 3536,448KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 286,400LAOS 4

710,311MALAYSIA 1320,312SRI LANKA 41,437TAIWAN 3

84,709THAILAND 204,295,815TURKEY 9

199,018VIETNAM 46

10,539,130 264Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,981,596BELARUS 68

27,735BELGIUM 31,792,968BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 91,454,068BULGARIA 252,044,407CROATIA 4

106,065CZECH REPUBLIC 8224,147DENMARK 4

1,524,348ESTONIA 81,631,446FINLAND 8

63,315FRANCE 91,438,366GERMANY 57

308,718HUNGARY 6445,441IRELAND 4

66,357ITALY 181,139,008LATVIA 171,180,605LITHUANIA 31

23,085LUXEMBOURG 3167,995NETHERLANDS 3642,438NORWAY 5

6,956,224POLAND 18473,179PORTUGAL 35

2,836,078ROMANIA 3248,504,342RUSSIA 191

964,317SERBIA 3208,652SLOVAKIA 11262,959SLOVENIA 2316,059SPAIN 29

11,472,526SWEDEN 22580,776SWITZERLAND 3

4,109,957UKRAINE 1231,620,367UNITED KINGDOM 30

101,568,132 791Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

467,055ARGENTINA 11197,122BELIZE 2723,542BOLIVIA 6

7,258,889BRAZIL 1322,333,239CHILE 22

153,137COLOMBIA 839,505COSTA RICA 1459,415ECUADOR 6

504,875GUATEMALA 10423,565GUYANA 3

17,815HONDURAS 122,416NICARAGUA 522,669PANAMA 842,613PARAGUAY 5

774,679PERU 1021,720SURINAME 1

969,143URUGUAY 23

14,031,400 267Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

49,381,622CANADA 581,294,292MEXICO 98

14,554,432UNITED STATES 101

65,230,346 257Total

Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,214,846AUSTRALIA 1383,368FIJI 1

1,301,520NEW ZEALAND 2215,016PAPUA NEW GUINEA 239,346SOLOMON ISLANDS 1

2,654,097 39Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 201,128,005

1,671

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

246 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

19,805 FSC CoC certificates Asia

North America

South America & Caribbean

Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates

14 - 1

No CoC certficates

62 - 31

30 - 15

249 - 125

124 - 63

999 - 500

499 - 250

3,999 - 2,000

1,999 - 1,000

4,000 and above

Based on numbers from FSC International - Core Business SystemsCreated: 21.11.2019

3,151 FSC CoC certificates

1,557 FSC CoC certificates416 FSC CoC certificates

15,040 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:40,215Total no. of certificates:

127

3.9% of total FSC CoC Certificates

7.8% of total FSC CoC Certificates49.2% of total FSC CoC certificates

0.6% of total FSC CoC certificates1% of total FSC CoC certificates

37.4% of total FSC CoC certificates

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Global FSC Chain of Custody certificates: by region and country

Africa No.ALGERIA 1CAMEROON 6CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF 3EGYPT 40ESWATINI 3GABON 11GHANA 6KENYA 5MAURITIUS 3MOROCCO 12MOZAMBIQUE 1NAMIBIA 11SEYCHELLES 3SOUTH AFRICA 134TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 2TUNISIA 6

Total 247

Asia No.BAHRAIN 2BANGLADESH 147CAMBODIA 9CHINA 9,099HONG KONG 566INDIA 668INDONESIA 316ISRAEL 20JAPAN 1,498JORDAN 2KAZAKHSTAN 1KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 321KUWAIT 4KYRGYZSTAN 1LAOS 2LEBANON 20MACAU 1MALAYSIA 175MYANMAR 8NEPAL 2

OMAN 5PAKISTAN 55PHILIPPINES 24QATAR 11SAUDI ARABIA 14SINGAPORE 126SRI LANKA 34TAIWAN 283THAILAND 206TURKEY 464UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 126VIETNAM 815

Total 15,025

Europe No.ALBANIA 2ANDORRA 1AUSTRIA 307BELARUS 226BELGIUM 283BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 310BULGARIA 481CROATIA 283CYPRUS 14CZECH REPUBLIC 291DENMARK 310ESTONIA 273FINLAND 145FRANCE 758GERMANY 2,247GREECE 113HUNGARY 155IRELAND 126ITALY 2,545KOSOVO 1LATVIA 318LIECHTENSTEIN 3LITHUANIA 379LUXEMBOURG 14MALTA 13

MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 3MONACO 8NETHERLANDS 1,227NORTH MACEDONIA, Republic of 14NORWAY 63POLAND 2,058PORTUGAL 332ROMANIA 730RUSSIA 649SAN MARINO 5SERBIA 199SLOVAKIA 165SLOVENIA 244SPAIN 1,088SWEDEN 396SWITZERLAND 439UKRAINE 315UNITED KINGDOM 2,267VATICAN CITY STATE (HOLY SEE) 1

Total 19,801

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 114BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 12BRAZIL 1,047BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 5CAYMAN ISLANDS 2CHILE 197COLOMBIA 33COSTA RICA 11DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3ECUADOR 18EL SALVADOR 7GUATEMALA 14GUYANA 3HONDURAS 1PANAMA 3PARAGUAY 11

PERU 46PUERTO RICO 2SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2SURINAME 3URUGUAY 19VENEZUELA 1

Total 1,557

North America No.CANADA 600MEXICO 153UNITED STATES 2,397

Total 3,150

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 255BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 3GUAM 1MARSHALL ISLANDS 7NEW ZEALAND 147PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 2

Total 418

Number of Countries: 127

Total number of certificates: 40,198

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Ten largest FSC certificates

Endnotes:

1 Total forest area in ha worldwide under FSC forest management certification (includes FM and FM/CoC

certificates).

2 Total number of countries worldwide in which FSC forest management certificates (includes FM and

FM/CoC certificates) are issued.

3 Total number of FSC forest management certificates (FM and FM/CoC) issued globally.

4 Total number of countries worldwide in which FSC forest management certificates (FM and FM/CoC)

are issued.

5 Total number of FSC forest management certificates (FM and FM/CoC) issued worldwide.

6 Total forest area in ha worldwide under FSC forest management certification (FM and FM/CoC).

7 Total number of countries worldwide in which FSC CoC certificates are issued.

8 Total number of FSC CoC certificates issued worldwide.

9 Total number of countries worldwide in which FSC CoC certificates are issued

10Total number of FSC CoC certificates issued worldwide.

Note: Being FSC Forest Management certified means that the certified entity is verified by a third party

to be in compliance with the FSC Principles and Criteria as outlined in the applicable National, Regional

or Generic Forest Management Standard.

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