India vs Russia: Annual forest expansion
India
674,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Russia
839,550 hectares per year
in 2020
India rank
4th
Russia rank
2nd
Annual forest expansion over time
- India
- Russia
How they compare
Russia currently reports 839,550 hectares per year against 674,000 hectares per year in India, a difference of 165,550 hectares per year.
That makes Russia's figure about 1.2 times India's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was India ahead.
India ranks 4th and Russia ranks 2nd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Russia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Russia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 749,300 hectares per year | 80,410 hectares per year | 668,890 hectares per year | India |
| 2000s | 820,000 hectares per year | 905,660 hectares per year | 85,660 hectares per year | Russia |
| 2010s | 946,400 hectares per year | 693,030 hectares per year | 253,370 hectares per year | India |
| 2020s | 674,000 hectares per year | 839,550 hectares per year | 165,550 hectares per year | Russia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, India or Russia?
- Russia, at 839,550 hectares per year against 674,000 hectares per year in India as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between India and Russia?
- 165,550 hectares per year, with Russia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Russia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do India and Russia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- India ranks 4th and Russia ranks 2nd of 110 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).