Got Wood? These Are The World's Biggest Lumber Producers

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.

Rank	Country	Cubic Feet (2024)	Global Share
1	🇺🇸 U.S.	2.7B	17.0%
2	🇨🇳 China	2.1B	13.7%
3	🇷🇺 Russia	1.3B	8.4%
4	🇨🇦 Canada	1.2B	7.9%
5	🇮🇳 India	847M	5.4%
6	🇩🇪 Germany	820M	5.2%
7	🇸🇪 Sweden	632M	4.0%
8	🇫🇮 Finland	388M	2.5%
9	🇧🇷 Brazil	344M	2.2%
10	🇦🇹 Austria	343M	2.2%
11	🇹🇷 Türkiye	333M	2.1%
12	🇯🇵 Japan	281M	1.8%
13	🇫🇷 France	271M	1.7%
14	🇨🇱 Chile	249M	1.6%
15	🇲🇽 Mexico	241M	1.5%
16	🇻🇳 Vietnam	203M	1.3%
17	🇹🇭 Thailand	198M	1.3%
18	🇨🇿 Czechia	167M	1.1%
19	🇧🇾 Belarus	162M	1.0%
20	🇵🇱 Poland	148M	0.9%
21	🇳🇿 New Zealand	147M	0.9%
22	🇷🇴 Romania	138M	0.9%
23	🇦🇺 Australia	133M	0.8%
24	🇦🇷 Argentina	132M	0.8%
25	🇺🇦 Ukraine	113M	0.7%
26	🇬🇧 UK	113M	0.7%
27	🇱🇻 Latvia	105M	0.7%
28	🇳🇴 Norway	95M	0.6%
29	🇪🇸 Spain	92M	0.6%
30	🇮🇩 Indonesia	78M	0.5%
--	🌐 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 bench of major lumber producers, with Germany, Sweden, and Finland leading the region. Sweden and Finland benefit from extensive managed forests and export-oriented sawmill industries, while Germany’s timber resources support its construction and manufacturing sectors.

Austria and France also rank among the world’s top 15, underscoring Europe’s importance to the global lumber supply.

China’s Lumber Industry Has Tripled Since 2004

Although the United States remains the world’s largest producer, China has recorded some of the fastest long-term growth.

Since 2004, the country’s lumber production has more than tripled as rapid urbanization fueled demand for housing, commercial buildings, and infrastructure. China has also become the world’s largest processor and consumer of wood products, supplying everything from furniture to engineered wood used in manufacturing.

A Critical Global Building Material

Lumber demand is closely tied to housing construction, infrastructure spending, and manufacturing activity. As countries continue investing in new buildings and industrial capacity, a relatively small group of producers will remain central to the global wood supply.

To learn more about this topic, check out this graphic on the world’s 4.1 billion hectares of forest by region.