Brazil vs Russia: Share of global forest area

Brazil

11.7%

in 2025

Russia

20.1%

in 2025

Brazil rank

2nd

Russia rank

1st

Share of global forest area over time

Russia currently reports 20.1% against 11.7% in Brazil, a difference of 8.4%.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.7 times Brazil's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Russia has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 2nd and Russia ranks 1st of 235 countries.

Indicator: Share of global forest area
Unit: %
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.