Azerbaijan vs Russia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 14.6% in Azerbaijan and 50.8% in Russia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 36.2 percentage points, or 3.49 times that in Azerbaijan.

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% of land · FAO

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Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
In 2024, Azerbaijan ranked 144 and Russia ranked 56 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Azerbaijan	Russia	World
2024	14.6	50.8	–
2023	14.4	50.7	31.1
2022	14.3	50.7	31.1
2021	14.2	50.6	31.2
2020	14.1	50.6	31.2
2019	13.9	50.5	31.2
2018	13.7	50.5	31.3
2017	13.4	50.4	31.3
2016	13.2	50.3	31.3
2015	13	50.3	31.4
2014	12.9	50.3	31.4
2013	12.8	50.2	31.4
2012	12.7	50.2	31.5
2011	12.6	50.2	31.9
2010	12.5	50.2	32
2009	12.4	50.1	32
2008	12.4	50.1	32
2007	12.3	50	32.1
2006	12.3	49.9	32.1
2005	12.2	49.9	32.1
2004	12.2	49.8	32.2
2003	12.1	49.8	32.3
2002	12.1	49.7	32.3
2001	12	49.7	32.3
2000	12	49.6	32.4
1999	11.9	49.6	32.5
1998	11.8	49.6	32.5
1997	11.7	49.6	32.6
1996	11.7	49.6	32.7
1995	11.6	49.6	32.7
1994	11.6	49.6	32.8
1993	11.5	49.6	32.8
1992	11.5	49.5	33

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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