International Forestry Statistics 2019 on Forest Area and Carbon Stocks

Forestry Statistics 2019 were released on 26 September 2019 by the UK Forestry Commission. The dataset includes international statistics on forest area, carbon stocks, wood production, and trade in wood products. Detailed UK statistics cover woodland area, planting, timber, trade, carbon, environment, social, employment and finance & prices.

Use Cases

• Compare international forest area and carbon stocks based on the described statistics.
• Analyze trends in wood production and trade volumes for wood products based on the described data.
• Model environmental impacts of forestry using the carbon and environmental statistics mentioned.
• Assess regional forestry data for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland where figures are provided.

Strengths

• Published as official National Statistics by the Forestry Commission under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
• Includes detailed UK statistics across multiple domains like woodland area, planting, timber, trade, carbon, environment, social, employment and finance & prices.
• Provides figures for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland where possible.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-06-29 22:09:22.035048; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2019.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Collection Method

Official government statistics collection.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Data reflects 2019 statistics, with metadata last updated in 2026.

Geography

International, with specific data for the UK and its constituent countries.