FSC Facts & FiguresJanuary 3, 2019

Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.4% of total FSC-certified area

( 6,757,626 ha )

49 certificates

Africa

Europe

50.4% of total FSC-certified area

( 98,692,584 ha )

731 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 InternationalCreated: 03.01.2019

33.6% of total FSC-certified area

( 65,920,581 ha )

249 certificates

6.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 13,496,730 ha )

266 certificates

1.4% of total FSC-certified area( 2,654,784 ha )40 certificates

4.3% of total FSC-certified area

( 8,416,178 ha )

253 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

195,938,483 ha

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1,588

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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 41,741,228GABON 4

12,147GHANA 250,753MOZAMBIQUE 2

377,720NAMIBIA 59,785RWANDA 13,313SIERRA LEONE 1

1,421,770SOUTH AFRICA 19125,438SWAZILAND 4221,749TANZANIA, UNITED 3

41,321UGANDA 3

6,757,626 49Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1988,206CHINA 80631,501INDIA 9

2,473,468INDONESIA 34409,895JAPAN 36263,984KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 5

18,428LAOS 3648,707MALAYSIA 12

12,282NEPAL 117,030SRI LANKA 31,437TAIWAN 3

84,307THAILAND 192,396,877TURKEY 7

462,161VIETNAM 40

8,416,178 253Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 29,505,750BELARUS 68

25,815BELGIUM 31,684,202BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 71,459,577BULGARIA 272,048,592CROATIA 4

53,131CZECH REPUBLIC 5214,859DENMARK 4

1,491,786ESTONIA 91,612,693FINLAND 8

56,302FRANCE 81,353,829GERMANY 56

304,092HUNGARY 6446,873IRELAND 4

65,433ITALY 181,046,787LATVIA 15

819,156LITHUANIA 3122,914LUXEMBOURG 3

167,995NETHERLANDS 3445,874NORWAY 5

6,764,123POLAND 18423,580PORTUGAL 32

2,809,179ROMANIA 3145,181,907RUSSIA 160

963,228SERBIA 3148,292SLOVAKIA 10262,959SLOVENIA 2278,537SPAIN 28

12,725,493SWEDEN 23589,527SWITZERLAND 3

4,084,207UKRAINE 1051,635,305UNITED KINGDOM 30

98,692,584 731Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

474,311ARGENTINA 10197,122BELIZE 2760,063BOLIVIA 6

6,737,797BRAZIL 1282,324,586CHILE 24

151,936COLOMBIA 839,741COSTA RICA 15

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 158,683ECUADOR 5

435,065GUATEMALA 9385,737GUYANA 2

17,815HONDURAS 122,903NICARAGUA 621,510PANAMA 843,941PARAGUAY 5

771,317PERU 1046,325SURINAME 2

1,007,513URUGUAY 24

13,496,730 266Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

50,558,696CANADA 591,321,843MEXICO 89

14,040,042UNITED STATES 101

65,920,581 249Total

Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,245,522AUSTRALIA 1383,253FIJI 1

1,249,680NEW ZEALAND 2236,925PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3

39,406SOLOMON ISLANDS 1

2,654,784 40Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 195,938,483

1,588

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

201 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

18,469 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 InternationalCreated: 03.01.2019

3,196 FSC CoC certificates

1,532 FSC CoC certificates409 FSC CoC certificates

12,213 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:36,020Total no. of certificates:

124

4.3% of total FSC CoC Certificates

8.9% of total FSC CoC Certificates51.3% of total FSC CoC certificates

0.6% of total FSC CoC certificates1.1% of total FSC CoC certificates

33.9% 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 22GABON 10GHANA 6KENYA 3MAURITIUS 1MOROCCO 8MOZAMBIQUE 1NAMIBIA 7SEYCHELLES 3SIERRA LEONE 1SOUTH AFRICA 121SWAZILAND 1TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 2TUNISIA 4ZIMBABWE 1

Total 201

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 101CAMBODIA 4CHINA 7,092HONG KONG 517INDIA 493INDONESIA 283ISRAEL 22JAPAN 1,400KAZAKHSTAN 1KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 262KUWAIT 4KYRGYZSTAN 2LAOS 2LEBANON 22

MACAU 1MALAYSIA 166MYANMAR 3NEPAL 2OMAN 5PAKISTAN 43PHILIPPINES 15QATAR 10SAUDI ARABIA 12SINGAPORE 119SRI LANKA 32TAIWAN 259THAILAND 172TURKEY 368UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 118VIETNAM 682

Total 12,213

Europe No.ALBANIA 1AUSTRIA 286BELARUS 163BELGIUM 277BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 302BULGARIA 456CROATIA 279CYPRUS 13CZECH REPUBLIC 256DENMARK 306ESTONIA 263FINLAND 127FRANCE 731GERMANY 2,220GIBRALTAR 1GREECE 94HUNGARY 151IRELAND 122ITALY 2,294

LATVIA 302LIECHTENSTEIN 4LITHUANIA 322LUXEMBOURG 15MACEDONIA 15MALTA 13MONACO 4NETHERLANDS 1,210NORWAY 59POLAND 1,837PORTUGAL 288ROMANIA 674RUSSIA 531SAN MARINO 4SERBIA 177SLOVAKIA 152SLOVENIA 228SPAIN 946SWEDEN 365SWITZERLAND 453UKRAINE 248UNITED KINGDOM 2,280

Total 18,469

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 116BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 1BOLIVIA 12BRAZIL 1,044BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 5CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 192COLOMBIA 29COSTA RICA 9DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3ECUADOR 15EL SALVADOR 6

GUATEMALA 10GUYANA 3HONDURAS 1PANAMA 3PARAGUAY 9PERU 44PUERTO RICO 2SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 4URUGUAY 18VENEZUELA 1VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) 2

Total 1,532

North America No.CANADA 618MEXICO 140UNITED STATES 2,438

Total 3,196

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 258BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2NEW ZEALAND 144PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 2

Total 409

Number of Countries: 124

Total number of certificates: 36,020

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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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