Forest area in Russia
Russia: Forest area was 832.63 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Russia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Russia recorded 832.63 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Russia peaked at 832.63 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 811.64 million hectares, in 1990.
That places Russia 1st out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 812.00 million hectares | 811.64 million hectares | 812.37 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 816.52 million hectares | 812.45 million hectares | 820.60 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 823.74 million hectares | 821.50 million hectares | 827.39 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 830.53 million hectares | 828.43 million hectares | 832.63 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Russia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2,576 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 17.93 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 60 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 263.08 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.4996 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 416.94 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.6907 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 1 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 89.18 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Russia?
- Forest area in Russia was 832.63 million hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Russia?
- The highest recorded value was 832.63 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Russia?
- The lowest recorded value was 811.64 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Russia rank for forest area?
- Russia ranks 1st out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Russia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Russia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.