China vs Russia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 24% in China and 50.8% in Russia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 26.8 percentage points, or 2.11 times that in China.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
In 2024, China ranked 121 and Russia ranked 56 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	China	Russia	World
2024	24	50.8	–
2023	23.9	50.7	31.1
2022	23.7	50.7	31.1
2021	23.5	50.6	31.2
2020	23.3	50.6	31.2
2019	23.2	50.5	31.2
2018	23	50.5	31.3
2017	22.8	50.4	31.3
2016	22.6	50.3	31.3
2015	22.4	50.3	31.4
2014	22.2	50.3	31.4
2013	22	50.2	31.4
2012	21.8	50.2	31.5
2011	21.6	50.2	31.9
2010	21.4	50.2	32
2009	21.1	50.1	32
2008	20.9	50.1	32
2007	20.6	50	32.1
2006	20.4	49.9	32.1
2005	20.1	49.9	32.1
2004	19.9	49.8	32.2
2003	19.6	49.8	32.3
2002	19.4	49.7	32.3
2001	19.1	49.7	32.3
2000	18.9	49.6	32.4
1999	18.6	49.6	32.5
1998	18.4	49.6	32.5
1997	18.2	49.6	32.6
1996	18	49.6	32.7
1995	17.8	49.6	32.7
1994	17.6	49.6	32.8
1993	17.4	49.6	32.8
1992	17.2	49.5	33
1991	17	–	–
1990	16.7	–	–

Each country on its own

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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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