FSC Facts & FiguresAugust 2, 2019

Total FSC-certified forest area in ha

Oceania3.5% of total FSC-certified area

( 7,098,198 ha )

52 certificates

Africa

Europe

50.8% of total FSC-certified area

( 102,273,225 ha )

765 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: 02.08.2019

32.8% of total FSC-certified area

( 66,045,716 ha )

258 certificates

6.8% of total FSC-certified area

( 13,629,899 ha )

267 certificates

1.3% of total FSC-certified area( 2,658,056 ha )40 certificates

4.7% of total FSC-certified area

( 9,519,868 ha )

266 certificates

Total certified area:

No. countries:

Total no. certificates:

201,224,960 ha

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1,648

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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

125,438ESWATINI 42,061,190GABON 6

12,147GHANA 250,753MOZAMBIQUE 2

387,226NAMIBIA 49,785RWANDA 16,281SIERRA LEONE 1

1,433,875SOUTH AFRICA 20216,317TANZANIA, UNITED 3

42,785UGANDA 4

7,098,198 52Total

Total area (ha) No.Asia

7,896CAMBODIA 11,054,960CHINA 83

619,255INDIA 92,953,395INDONESIA 37

414,927JAPAN 35214,571KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 4

59,686LAOS 3765,450MALAYSIA 14

20,312SRI LANKA 41,437TAIWAN 3

76,719THAILAND 193,121,401TURKEY 8

209,859VIETNAM 46

9,519,868 266Total

Total area (ha) No.Europe

587AUSTRIA 28,960,851BELARUS 67

27,735BELGIUM 31,768,071BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 81,460,403BULGARIA 252,048,581CROATIA 4

72,849CZECH REPUBLIC 8214,912DENMARK 4

1,528,966ESTONIA 91,623,311FINLAND 8

63,237FRANCE 91,355,612GERMANY 56

305,170HUNGARY 6446,873IRELAND 4

65,723ITALY 181,105,617LATVIA 161,180,846LITHUANIA 31

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

6,955,662POLAND 18452,265PORTUGAL 33

2,829,263ROMANIA 3147,260,401RUSSIA 179

963,228SERBIA 3209,334SLOVAKIA 11262,959SLOVENIA 2297,533SPAIN 28

13,314,529SWEDEN 23578,361SWITZERLAND 3

4,454,905UKRAINE 1151,631,922UNITED KINGDOM 30

102,273,225 765Total

Total area (ha) No.Latin America &Caribbean

467,586ARGENTINA 11197,122BELIZE 2482,409BOLIVIA 3

7,085,205BRAZIL 1322,333,822CHILE 23

151,936COLOMBIA 834,510COSTA RICA 13

365DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 158,668ECUADOR 5

502,085GUATEMALA 10423,565GUYANA 3

17,815HONDURAS 122,903NICARAGUA 623,308PANAMA 942,613PARAGUAY 5

774,679PERU 1021,720SURINAME 1

989,587URUGUAY 24

13,629,899 267Total

Total area (ha) No.North America

50,690,357CANADA 591,256,792MEXICO 98

14,098,566UNITED STATES 101

66,045,716 258Total

Total area (ha) No.Oceania

1,239,121AUSTRALIA 1383,253FIJI 1

1,259,597NEW ZEALAND 2236,739PAPUA NEW GUINEA 339,346SOLOMON ISLANDS 1

2,658,056 40Total

Number of countries:

Total number of certificates:

Total FSC-certified forest area: 201,224,960

1,648

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Number of FSC CoC certificates

Oceania

227 FSC CoC certificates

Africa

Europe

19,434 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: 02.08.2019

3,168 FSC CoC certificates

1,520 FSC CoC certificates419 FSC CoC certificates

14,156 FSC CoC certificates

No. of countries:38,924Total no. of certificates:

127

3.9% of total FSC CoC Certificates

8.1% of total FSC CoC Certificates49.9% of total FSC CoC certificates

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

36.4% 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 29ESWATINI 3GABON 11GHANA 5KENYA 4MAURITIUS 2MOROCCO 12MOZAMBIQUE 1NAMIBIA 8SEYCHELLES 2SOUTH AFRICA 131TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 3TUNISIA 6

Total 227

Asia No.BAHRAIN 2BANGLADESH 142CAMBODIA 6CHINA 8,461HONG KONG 551INDIA 633INDONESIA 300ISRAEL 22JAPAN 1,459JORDAN 1KAZAKHSTAN 1KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 295KUWAIT 4KYRGYZSTAN 1LAOS 2LEBANON 20MACAU 1

MALAYSIA 169MYANMAR 6NEPAL 2OMAN 4PAKISTAN 52PHILIPPINES 21QATAR 11SAUDI ARABIA 15SINGAPORE 124SRI LANKA 35TAIWAN 279THAILAND 199TURKEY 431UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 129VIETNAM 778

Total 14,156

Europe No.ALBANIA 3ANDORRA 1AUSTRIA 300BELARUS 207BELGIUM 284BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 305BULGARIA 469CROATIA 283CYPRUS 17CZECH REPUBLIC 287DENMARK 304ESTONIA 266FINLAND 140FRANCE 748GERMANY 2,243GREECE 104HUNGARY 156IRELAND 120ITALY 2,471KOSOVO 1

LATVIA 313LIECHTENSTEIN 4LITHUANIA 365LUXEMBOURG 14MALTA 13MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 3MONACO 6NETHERLANDS 1,233NORTH MACEDONIA, Republic of 15NORWAY 64POLAND 1,996PORTUGAL 314ROMANIA 724RUSSIA 608SAN MARINO 5SERBIA 194SLOVAKIA 165SLOVENIA 238SPAIN 1,042SWEDEN 393SWITZERLAND 443UKRAINE 306UNITED KINGDOM 2,266VATICAN CITY STATE (HOLY SEE) 1

Total 19,434

Latin America & Caribbean No.ARGENTINA 114BAHAMAS 1BELIZE 2BOLIVIA 11BRAZIL 1,023BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 6CAYMAN ISLANDS 2CHILE 190COLOMBIA 32COSTA RICA 9DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3

ECUADOR 17EL SALVADOR 7GUATEMALA 13GUYANA 4HONDURAS 1PANAMA 3PARAGUAY 10PERU 46PUERTO RICO 2SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1SURINAME 3URUGUAY 19VENEZUELA 1

Total 1,520

North America No.CANADA 608MEXICO 146UNITED STATES 2,414

Total 3,168

Oceania No.AUSTRALIA 259BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1FIJI 2GUAM 1MARSHALL ISLANDS 6NEW ZEALAND 146PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2SAMOA 2

Total 419

Number of Countries: 127

Total number of certificates: 38,924

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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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