The pie chart in the left illustrates the rate of the global woods in 5 different continents: South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, while the pie chart in the right delineates the portion of wood in each region.
Overall, Africa ranks first regarding the rate of the world’s woodland. However, Africa also ranks last regarding the share of the global forest.
Africa has the largest forest area in the world with 27%, which is almost twice as high as the figure of 14% in Asia. Meanwhile, there are differences in shares of world forest in America with 25% in the North and 16% in the South.The Europe’s data is 4% higher than in Asia.
Although the percentage of world forest in North America is only the second highest, the rate of wood in North America is the highest at 30%. South America accounts for 23% of the world’s wood. Europe is 3% less than South America. 18% of the world’s wood is in Asia, which is double the figure of Africa