Kazakhstan vs Russia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 1.3% in Kazakhstan and 50.8% in Russia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 49.5 percentage points, or 39 times that in Kazakhstan.

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% of land · FAO

KazakhstanRussiaWorld

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Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
In 2024, Kazakhstan ranked 192 and Russia ranked 56 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Kazakhstan	Russia	World
2024	1.3	50.8	–
2023	1.3	50.7	31.1
2022	1.3	50.7	31.1
2021	1.3	50.6	31.2
2020	1.3	50.6	31.2
2019	1.3	50.5	31.2
2018	1.3	50.5	31.3
2017	1.2	50.4	31.3
2016	1.2	50.3	31.3
2015	1.2	50.3	31.4
2014	1.2	50.3	31.4
2013	1.2	50.2	31.4
2012	1.2	50.2	31.5
2011	1.2	50.2	31.9
2010	1.1	50.2	32
2009	1.1	50.1	32
2008	1.1	50.1	32
2007	1.2	50	32.1
2006	1.2	49.9	32.1
2005	1.2	49.9	32.1
2004	1.2	49.8	32.2
2003	1.2	49.8	32.3
2002	1.2	49.7	32.3
2001	1.2	49.7	32.3
2000	1.2	49.6	32.4
1999	1.2	49.6	32.5
1998	1.2	49.6	32.5
1997	1.2	49.6	32.6
1996	1.2	49.6	32.7
1995	1.2	49.6	32.7
1994	1.2	49.6	32.8
1993	1.2	49.6	32.8
1992	1.2	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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