Russia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Russia was 8,153,116 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,153,116 in 2020 and a minimum value of 8,089,500 in 1990.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 8,089,500
1991 8,089,500
1992 8,090,136
1993 8,090,455
1994 8,090,774
1995 8,091,092
1996 8,091,411
1997 8,091,729
1998 8,092,048
1999 8,092,367
2000 8,092,685
2001 8,098,552
2002 8,104,419
2003 8,110,287
2004 8,116,154
2005 8,122,021
2006 8,127,888
2007 8,133,755
2008 8,139,622
2009 8,145,489
2010 8,151,356
2011 8,150,946
2012 8,150,536
2013 8,150,125
2014 8,149,715
2015 8,149,305
2016 8,151,211
2017 8,153,116
2018 8,153,116
2019 8,153,116
2020 8,153,116

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Russia was 49.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 49.78 in 2020, while its lowest value was 49.36 in 1990.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 49.36
1991 49.36
1992 49.36
1993 49.37
1994 49.39
1995 49.40
1996 49.40
1997 49.40
1998 49.40
1999 49.38
2000 49.40
2001 49.44
2002 49.47
2003 49.51
2004 49.55
2005 49.58
2006 49.63
2007 49.66
2008 49.70
2009 49.74
2010 49.77
2011 49.77
2012 49.77
2013 49.77
2014 49.76
2015 49.76
2016 49.77
2017 49.78
2018 49.78
2019 49.78
2020 49.78

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use