The two pie charts provide a comparative overview of the world’s forest distribution across five distinct regions and the corresponding percentage of global timber found within each of these areas.
Overall, Europe accounts for the largest proportion of the world’s forest, whereas Africa holds the greatest share of global timber. A significant discrepancy exists between the forest coverage and timber percentage in several regions, with Asia consistently having the smallest shares in both categories.
Regarding forest coverage, Europe is the dominant region, comprising nearly a third of the total world forest at 30%. North America follows closely behind with 23%, and South America represents a quarter of the total (25%). Africa and Asia have smaller shares, at 16% and 18% respectively.
The distribution of timber presents a different picture. Africa possesses the largest percentage of timber at 27%, despite having less forest area than Europe or the Americas. Europe and South America account for 20% and 18% of the timber share respectively, notably lower than their forest area percentages. North America holds 14% of the timber, while Asia has the smallest share at just 9%. The disparity between forest area and timber volume is a key feature of the data presented.