In 2021, forest area as a share of land area for Russian Federation was 49.8 %. Forest area as a share of land area of Russian Federation increased from 49.5 % in 2002 to 49.8 % in 2021 growing at an average annual rate of 0.03%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.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.