Land use
Wood Energy Data
Land areas are given in thousand hectares (1,000 ha, see units). Data are obtained from FAO.
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| Year: 2000 |
Agricultural Area |
Natural Forest |
Forest Plantation |
Total Land Area |
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| Bangladesh | 9,084 | 709 | 625 | 13,017 |
| Bhutan | 575 | 2,995 | 21 | 4,700 |
| Cambodia | 5,307 | 9,245 | 90 | 17,652 |
| China | 548,658 | 118,397 | 45,083 | 932,742 |
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| India | 180,610 | 31,535 | 32,578 | 297,319 |
| Indonesia | 44,777 | 95,115 | 9,871 | 181,157 |
| Laos | 1,836 | 12,507 | 54 | 23,080 |
| Malaysia | 7,890 | 17,542 | 1,750 | 32,855 |
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| Maldives | 10 | 1 | - | 30 |
| Myanmar | 10,812 | 33,598 | 821 | 65,755 |
| Nepal | 4,897 | 3,767 | 133 | 14,300 |
| Pakistan | 26,960 | 1,381 | 980 | 77,088 |
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| Philippines | 11,930 | 5,036 | 753 | 29,817 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,350 | 1,624 | 316 | 6,463 |
| Thailand | 19,100 | 9,842 | 4,920 | 51,089 |
| Vietnam | 8,513 | 8,108 | 1,711 | 32,549 |
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Notes: Data for natural forest and forest plantations are from "State of World's Forests 2001". Other data are from FAO's online statistics (FAOSTAT, see also for more countries, years and notes).
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