Finland vs Russia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 74.2% in Finland and 50.8% in Russia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Finland, by 23.4 percentage points, or 1.46 times that in Russia.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Finland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
In 2024, Finland ranked 13 and Russia ranked 56 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Finland	Russia	World
2024	74.2	50.8	–
2023	74.2	50.7	31.1
2022	74.2	50.7	31.1
2021	74.2	50.6	31.2
2020	74.2	50.6	31.2
2019	74.1	50.5	31.2
2018	74	50.5	31.3
2017	73.9	50.4	31.3
2016	73.8	50.3	31.3
2015	73.7	50.3	31.4
2014	73.6	50.3	31.4
2013	73.5	50.2	31.4
2012	73.4	50.2	31.5
2011	73.3	50.2	31.9
2010	73.2	50.2	32
2009	73.3	50.1	32
2008	73.3	50.1	32
2007	73.3	50	32.1
2006	73.4	49.9	32.1
2005	73.4	49.9	32.1
2004	73.4	49.8	32.2
2003	73.5	49.8	32.3
2002	73.6	49.7	32.3
2001	73.6	49.7	32.3
2000	73.7	49.6	32.4
1999	73.5	49.6	32.5
1998	73.3	49.6	32.5
1997	73.1	49.6	32.6
1996	72.9	49.6	32.7
1995	72.8	49.6	32.7
1994	72.6	49.6	32.8
1993	72.4	49.6	32.8
1992	72.2	49.5	33
1991	72	–	–
1990	71.8	–	–

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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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