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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

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.