FSC Facts & FiguresJune 4, 2019

Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.4% of total FSC-certified area

( 6,785,706 ha )

50 certificates

Africa

Europe

51% of total FSC-certified area

( 101,549,171 ha )

756 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: 04.06.2019

32.7% of total FSC-certified area

( 65,188,495 ha )

259 certificates

6.9% of total FSC-certified area

( 13,708,362 ha )

267 certificates

1.3% of total FSC-certified area( 2,660,963 ha )40 certificates

4.7% of total FSC-certified area

( 9,292,709 ha )

261 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

199,185,407 ha

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1,633

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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

387,226NAMIBIA 49,785RWANDA 13,313SIERRA LEONE 1

1,438,881SOUTH AFRICA 20125,438SWAZILAND 4221,749TANZANIA, UNITED 3

42,785UGANDA 4

6,785,706 50Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 1965,002CHINA 81619,255INDIA 9

2,849,577INDONESIA 34414,927JAPAN 35214,571KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 4

18,428LAOS 3765,405MALAYSIA 14

12,282NEPAL 120,312SRI LANKA 41,437TAIWAN 3

76,051THAILAND 193,121,401TURKEY 8

206,166VIETNAM 45

9,292,709 261Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,959,677BELARUS 67

27,735BELGIUM 31,768,071BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 81,461,149BULGARIA 272,048,581CROATIA 4

65,289CZECH REPUBLIC 7214,859DENMARK 4

1,523,939ESTONIA 91,623,311FINLAND 8

63,220FRANCE 81,355,808GERMANY 56

304,092HUNGARY 6446,873IRELAND 4

65,650ITALY 181,105,787LATVIA 161,171,366LITHUANIA 31

23,086LUXEMBOURG 3167,995NETHERLANDS 3641,003NORWAY 5

6,955,564POLAND 19433,988PORTUGAL 32

2,831,279ROMANIA 3146,692,853RUSSIA 174

963,228SERBIA 3148,968SLOVAKIA 11262,959SLOVENIA 2295,391SPAIN 28

13,370,511SWEDEN 24589,652SWITZERLAND 3

4,334,028UKRAINE 1101,632,670UNITED KINGDOM 30

101,549,171 756Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

467,586ARGENTINA 11197,122BELIZE 2512,428BOLIVIA 4

7,110,486BRAZIL 1302,331,850CHILE 23

151,936COLOMBIA 834,510COSTA RICA 13

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 158,668ECUADOR 5

502,066GUATEMALA 10423,565GUYANA 3

17,815HONDURAS 122,903NICARAGUA 623,159PANAMA 943,941PARAGUAY 5

774,679PERU 1046,325SURINAME 2

988,958URUGUAY 24

13,708,362 267Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

50,043,595CANADA 581,214,419MEXICO 99

13,930,481UNITED STATES 102

65,188,495 259Total

Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,243,657AUSTRALIA 1383,253FIJI 1

1,257,783NEW ZEALAND 2236,925PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3

39,346SOLOMON ISLANDS 1

2,660,963 40Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 199,185,407

1,633

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

216 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

19,082 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: 04.06.2019

3,192 FSC CoC certificates

1,506 FSC CoC certificates415 FSC CoC certificates

13,560 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:37,971Total no. of certificates:

125

4% of total FSC CoC Certificates

8.4% of total FSC CoC Certificates50.3% of total FSC CoC certificates

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

35.7% 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 27GABON 9GHANA 6KENYA 4MAURITIUS 2MOROCCO 11MOZAMBIQUE 1NAMIBIA 7SEYCHELLES 2SOUTH AFRICA 128SWAZILAND 2TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 2TUNISIA 5

Total 216

Asia No.BAHRAIN 1BANGLADESH 137CAMBODIA 4CHINA 8,045HONG KONG 539INDIA 590INDONESIA 291ISRAEL 21JAPAN 1,438JORDAN 1KAZAKHSTAN 1KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 291KUWAIT 4KYRGYZSTAN 2LAOS 2LEBANON 21MACAU 1

MALAYSIA 172MYANMAR 5NEPAL 2OMAN 4PAKISTAN 50PHILIPPINES 21QATAR 11SAUDI ARABIA 14SINGAPORE 123SRI LANKA 30TAIWAN 271THAILAND 188TURKEY 407UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 127VIETNAM 746

Total 13,560

Europe No.ALBANIA 2ANDORRA 1AUSTRIA 294BELARUS 185BELGIUM 282BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 312BULGARIA 459CROATIA 277CYPRUS 16CZECH REPUBLIC 277DENMARK 307ESTONIA 263FINLAND 137FRANCE 744GERMANY 2,232GREECE 97HUNGARY 151IRELAND 119ITALY 2,419LATVIA 307

LIECHTENSTEIN 4LITHUANIA 360LUXEMBOURG 14MACEDONIA 15MALTA 14MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 2MONACO 5NETHERLANDS 1,220NORWAY 63POLAND 1,926PORTUGAL 304ROMANIA 708RUSSIA 593SAN MARINO 5SERBIA 186SLOVAKIA 160SLOVENIA 231SPAIN 1,017SWEDEN 385SWITZERLAND 448UKRAINE 288UNITED KINGDOM 2,252VATICAN CITY STATE (HOLY SEE) 1

Total 19,082

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 116BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 11BRAZIL 1,012BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 5CAYMAN ISLANDS 1CHILE 189COLOMBIA 32COSTA RICA 9DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3ECUADOR 15

EL SALVADOR 7GUATEMALA 12GUYANA 4HONDURAS 1PANAMA 3PARAGUAY 11PERU 47PUERTO RICO 2SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 3URUGUAY 18VENEZUELA 1

Total 1,506

North America No.CANADA 617MEXICO 148UNITED STATES 2,427

Total 3,192

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 260BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2MARSHALL ISLANDS 2NEW ZEALAND 146PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 2

Total 415

Number of Countries: 125

Total number of certificates: 37,971

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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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