From home construction and renovations to furniture and shipping pallets, lumber is one of the world’s most widely used building materials.
This graphic ranks the world’s biggest lumber producers by sawnwood output in 2024, using data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
The World’s Top 30 Lumber Producers
The United States produced roughly 2.7 billion cubic feet of lumber in 2024, making it the world’s largest producer.
RankCountryCubic Feet (2024)Global Share 1🇺🇸 U.S.2.7B17.0% 2🇨🇳 China2.1B13.7% 3🇷🇺 Russia1.3B8.4% 4🇨🇦 Canada1.2B7.9% 5🇮🇳 India847M5.4% 6🇩🇪 Germany820M5.2% 7🇸🇪 Sweden632M4.0% 8🇫🇮 Finland388M2.5% 9🇧🇷 Brazil344M2.2% 10🇦🇹 Austria343M2.2% 11🇹🇷 Türkiye333M2.1% 12🇯🇵 Japan281M1.8% 13🇫🇷 France271M1.7% 14🇨🇱 Chile249M1.6% 15🇲🇽 Mexico241M1.5% 16🇻🇳 Vietnam203M1.3% 17🇹🇭 Thailand198M1.3% 18🇨🇿 Czechia167M1.1% 19🇧🇾 Belarus162M1.0% 20🇵🇱 Poland148M0.9% 21🇳🇿 New Zealand147M0.9% 22🇷🇴 Romania138M0.9% 23🇦🇺 Australia133M0.8% 24🇦🇷 Argentina132M0.8% 25🇺🇦 Ukraine113M0.7% 26🇬🇧 UK113M0.7% 27🇱🇻 Latvia105M0.7% 28🇳🇴 Norway95M0.6% 29🇪🇸 Spain92M0.6% 30🇮🇩 Indonesia78M0.5% --🌐 World total$15.7B (Market Value)100%China ranked second with 2.1 billion cubic feet, followed by Russia and Canada. India rounded out the top five with nearly 847 million cubic feet.
Together, the top five producers account for more than half of global lumber output. Their scale reflects extensive forest resources, large sawmill industries, and steady demand from construction and manufacturing.
Europe has a deep
