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]

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

References

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

Notes

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