Russia: Forest area, percent of total land area
, 1990 - 2018:
For that indicator, we provide data for Russia from 1990 to 2018. The average value for Russia during that period was 49.6 percent with a minimum of 49.4 percent in 1990 and a maximum of 49.8 percent in 2010.
The latest value from 2018 is 49.8 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2018 based on 194
countries is 32.1 percent.
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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.
