International Forestry Statistics for 2018 on Forest Area and Trade

Forestry Statistics 2018 were released on 27 September 2018 by the UK Forestry Commission. The dataset covers international statistics on forest area, carbon stocks, wood production, and trade in wood products. It includes UK-wide figures and, where possible, breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Use Cases

• Model carbon sequestration potential based on international forest area and carbon stock data.
• Analyze global trade flows for wood products based on trade statistics.
• Benchmark national forestry metrics against international figures.
• Study the relationship between wood production and economic or environmental indicators.

Strengths

• Published as official National Statistics under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
• Provides a multi-faceted view covering area, carbon, production, and trade.
• Includes geographically disaggregated data for UK constituent countries where possible.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2026-06-29 22:09:12.029168; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Collection Method

Official government statistics compilation.

Time Range

2018

Geography

International, with UK and constituent country focus.