Based on a comparison of 153 countries in 2020, China ranked the highest in sawnwood production with 84,000,000 '000 cbm followed by USA and Russia. On the other end of the scale was Azerbaijan with 100 '000 cbm, Armenia with 101 '000 cbm and East Timor with 300 '000 cbm.
Total sawnwood production reached 472,728,969 '000 cbm in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 3.22 % less than in the previous year and 20.5 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total sawnwood production reached an all time high of 491,202,826 '000 cbm in 2018 and an all time low of 323,575,399 '000 cbm in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 0.645 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 17.8 % of sawnwood production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 43.4 % share while the ten largest countries some 70.0 % in 2020.
Data for more countries are available at Total Sawnwood Production indicator page.
| Total Sawnwood Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | '000 cbm | 8,460,000 | 8,731,000 | 9,410,000 | 9,849,000 | 10,386,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | '000 cbm | 11,340,000 | 9,980,000 | 9,950,000 | 10,220,000 | 10,240,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | '000 cbm | 43,351,000 | 47,114,860 | 49,723,699 | 47,861,400 | 47,603,420 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | '000 cbm | 7,999,000 | 8,373,200 | 8,456,000 | 8,155,600 | 8,155,600 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | '000 cbm | 68,370,000 | 74,304,000 | 77,200,000 | 86,000,000 | 90,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | '000 cbm | 10,920,000 | 10,640,000 | 11,420,000 | 11,750,000 | 11,850,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | '000 cbm | 7,696,650 | 7,514,344 | 7,893,932 | 8,159,000 | 8,094,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | '000 cbm | 21,771,800 | 21,489,849 | 22,197,245 | 23,167,680 | 23,769,456 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | '000 cbm | 6,889,000 | 6,889,000 | 6,889,000 | 6,889,000 | 6,889,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | '000 cbm | 9,569,000 | 9,554,000 | 9,294,000 | 9,461,000 | 9,199,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 cbm | 34,600,000 | 34,500,000 | 36,794,250 | 40,584,057 | 42,701,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | '000 cbm | 17,500,000 | 18,174,000 | 18,357,000 | 18,406,000 | 18,373,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | '000 cbm | 6,635,000 | 7,772,000 | 8,499,000 | 8,116,000 | 8,205,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 cbm | 75,833,300 | 76,362,000 | 78,165,000 | 80,374,000 | 81,997,600 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | '000 cbm | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
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