Forest cover by federal subject in Russia

The forest cover in Russia by federal subject as published by the Unified Interdepartmental Statistical Information System. As of 2021 49.4% of Russia is covered in trees.[2]

Map of the federal subjects of Russia - degree of afforestation
Temperate rainforest in Pozharsky District, Primorye
Taiga in Tashtagolsky District, Kemerovo Oblast
Birch forest in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Semi-desert in Narimanovsky District, Astrakhan Oblast
Steppe in Tselinny District, Kalmykia
Rank Federal subject Forested area
1  Irkutsk Oblast 82.6%
2  Primorsky Krai 77.2%
3  Kostroma Oblast 74.1%
4  Komi Republic 72.7%
5  Perm Krai 71.4%
6  Vologda Oblast 68.9%
7  Sverdlovsk Oblast 68.7%
8  Zabaykalsky Krai 68.3%
9  Sakhalin Oblast 68.0%
10  Khabarovsk Krai 66.3%
11  Amur Oblast 65.4%
12  Novgorod Oblast 64.1%
13  Buryatia 64.1%
14  Kirov Oblast 62.7%
15  Tomsk Oblast 61.4%
16  Kemerovo Oblast 59.8%
17  Leningrad Oblast 57.3%
18  Mari El 55.7%
19  Tver Oblast 54.7%
20  Arkhangelsk Oblast 54.1%
21  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug 53.9%
22  Karelia 53.1%
23  Vladimir Oblast 51.3%
24  Sakha 50.8%
25  Khakassia 49.8%
26  Tuva 49.7%
27  Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 47.8%
28  Ivanovo Oblast 46.2%
29  Udmurtia 46.2%
30  Yaroslavl Oblast 45.5%
31  Jewish Autonomous Oblast 45.2%
32  Krasnoyarsk Krai 45.1%
33  Kaluga Oblast 45.0%
34  Altai Republic 44.4%
35  Tyumen Oblast 44.0%
36  Moscow Oblast 42.8%
37  Kamchatka Krai 42.7%
38  Smolensk Oblast 41.9%
39  Bashkortostan 39.9%
40  Pskov Oblast 38.8%
41  Murmansk Oblast 37.4%
42  Magadan Oblast 37.4%
43  Adygea 36.7%
44  Sevastopol [a] 33.8%
45  Bryansk Oblast 32.9%
46  Omsk Oblast 32.3%
47  Chuvashia 32.2%
48  Karachay-Cherkessia 30.1%
49  Chelyabinsk Oblast 29.5%
50  Novosibirsk Oblast 27.3%
51  Mordovia 27.1%
52  Ulyanovsk Oblast 26.5%
53  North Ossetia-Alania 24.3%
54  Ryazan Oblast 23.6%
55  Altai Krai 22.8%
56  Kurgan Oblast 22.3%
57  Ingushetia 21.9%
58  Chechnya 20.9%
59  Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 20.8%
60  Penza Oblast 20.5%
61  Krasnodar Krai 20.2%
62  Kaliningrad Oblast 18.6%
63  Tatarstan 17.5%
64  Kabardino-Balkaria 15.4%
65  Tula Oblast 14.3%
66  Saint Petersburg 13.7%
67  Samara Oblast 12.8%
68  Republic of Crimea [a] 10.7%
69  Tambov Oblast 10.5%
70  Belgorod Oblast 8.7%
71  Lipetsk Oblast 8.3%
72  Voronezh Oblast 8.2%
73  Kursk Oblast 8.2%
74  Oryol Oblast 8.0%
75  Dagestan 7.2%
76  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 6.8%
77  Saratov Oblast 6.3%
78  Orenburg Oblast 4.6%
79  Volgograd Oblast 4.2%
80  Rostov Oblast 2.4%
81  Astrakhan Oblast 1.8%
82  Stavropol Krai 1.6%
83  Nenets Autonomous Okrug 1.1%
84  Kalmykia 0.2%

See also

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References

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2. https://rainforests.mongabay.com/deforestation/2000/Russia.htm#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20U.N.,carbon%2Ddense%20form%20of%20forest.

Notes

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a. ^ Not recognized internationally as a part of Russia.