| Proportion of wood waste generated from total sawmilling input volume (%) | Proportion of sawdust produced (%) | Amount of sawdust produced per annum (million m3) | Country | Reference |
| 31 - 56 | 16 - 35* | 8.6† | Nigeria | Ekhuemelo and Atondo [12] [14] |
| 44 | 10 |
| Nigeria | Olufemi et al. [15] |
| 60 | 10 - 25 | 0.031** | Zambia | Ncube and Phiri [16] |
| 48 | 20 | 4.7† | South Africa | Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) [17] |
| 27.5 | 14.7 | - | Ghana | Adu et al. [4] |
| - | 35 | 9.5† | Mexico | Guzman and Munno [18] . |
| - | - | 2.72 | Chile | Garay [19] |
| - | - | 2.8 | Austria | European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) [20] †† |
| - | - | 4.8 | Germany | |
| - | - | 3.4 | Finland | |
| - | - | 0.54 | Latvia | |
| - | - | 5.3 | Sweden |