The total value of roundwood removals, which is wood in its natural state removed from Irish forests, was €236 million in 2024, a 10% increase on the €215 million figure in 2023 and a 7% decrease from €253 million in 2022 (See Table 1A).
Roundwood removals went up by 3% from 4.3 million cubic metres in 2023 to 4.4 million cubic metres in 2024 (See Table 3A).
Removals from privately-owned forests were 2 million cubic metres in 2024 (See Table 1E).
In 2024, removals from public forests comprised 55% of the total removals volume (See Table 1D).
Coniferous roundwood accounted for over 99% of removals in 2024 (See Table 1B).
Large sawlog accounted for the highest proportion of roundwood removals volume at 40% in 2024, followed by pulpwood (26%), and small sawlog (25%) (See Table 3A).
In the publicly-owned forest category, only removals of publicly-owned trees are included. See Background Notes for product definitions.
A link to the survey questionnaire is available in the Background Notes.
| Total Removals | Removals from publicly-owned forests | Removals from privately-owned forests | |
| 2015 | 3.312 | 2.235 | 1.077 |
| 2016 | 3.445 | 2.59 | 0.856 |
| 2017 | 3.698 | 2.592 | 1.106 |
| 2018 | 3.834 | 2.529 | 1.305 |
| 2019 | 4.007 | 2.72 | 1.288 |
| 2020 | 3.914 | 2.336 | 1.578 |
| 2021 | 4.333 | 2.235 | 2.098 |
| 2022 | 4.186 | 2.375 | 1.811 |
| 2023 | 4.269 | 2.447 | 1.822 |
| 2024 | 4.396 | 2.401 | 1.995 |
| volume | |
| Large sawlog | 1744 |
| Small sawlog | 1107 |
| Stakewood | 131 |
| Pulpwood | 1148 |
| Fuelwood | 233 |
| Roundwood for use as biomass | 34 |
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (29 July 2025) published Forest Wood Removals 2024.
Commenting on the release Niamh Shanahan, Statistician in the Environment Division, said: "In 2024, 4.4 million cubic metres of roundwood, which is wood in its natural state, was removed from Irish forests (See Table 1A). This was an increase of 3% compared with 2023, when 4.3 million cubic meters were removed.
Publicly-owned forests provided the majority of the wood, accounting for 55% of the total wood removed, with privately-owned forests accounting for the rest (45%). Compared with 2023, removals from public forests fell by 2%, while removals from private forests rose by 10% (See Figure 1, Tables 1D, and 1E). Nearly all of the wood removed in 2024 (99%) came from coniferous trees (See Table 1B).
In 2024, the value of wood taken from forests was €236 million. This was 10% higher than in 2023 but 7% lower than in 2022. In contrast the volume of wood removed was 5% higher in 2024 compared with 2022.
The highest product share of the wood removed in 2024 was large sawlogs (used in construction) at 40% of the total removals volume, followed by pulpwood at 26%, and small sawlogs at 25% (See Figure 2 and Table 3A). These three categories together accounted for approximately 90% of all wood removed from Irish forests each year."