Area of forest fund lands covered by forest vegetation, by main species
at year-end; thousand hectares
With 766 thousand thousand hectares of forest land in Russia, this table details its condition by main forest-forming species from 2019 to 2023. The rows show the total forest land area, as well as coniferous and hardwood species separately at the end of each year. These rows allow for a convenient comparison of how the area of specific tree types changes relative to the country's total forest cover over a five-year period
Chart of forest land area covered by forest vegetation by main forest-forming species, 2019–2023, thousand hectares
- area of forest fund lands covered by forest vegetation
- coniferous
- hardwood
- softwood
Set in numbers
4 series are published here in at year-end; thousand hectares, from 2019 to 2023, 5 reporting periods. 20 values in total.
“area of forest fund lands covered by forest vegetation” barely moved over the period — 766,626 in 2019, 766,034 in 2023. The lowest value in the series is 765,976 in 2022.
All table numbers are series: 4
| Series | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Площадь земель лесного фонда, покрытая лесной растительностью | 766 626,00 | 766 433,00 | 766 023,00 | 765 976,00 | 766 034,00 |
| хвойным | 520 077,00 | 519 724,00 | 519 204,00 | 518 884,00 | 518 562,00 |
| твердолиственным | 18 437,00 | 18 463,00 | 18 448,00 | 18 607,00 | 18 629,00 |
| мягколиственным | 152 403,00 | 152 521,00 | 152 604,00 | 152 711,00 | 153 213,00 |
How to read this table
Coniferous and hardwood species are separated into individual rows to track the share of each group in the total forest fund structure. The extreme values for total forest area show 766626 thousand hectares in 2019 and 766034 thousand hectares in 2023. Data can be compared by year to see dynamic changes, or between species categories to assess the prevalence of various forest tracts within the Russian forest land fund
What is visible in these numbers
The largest value belongs to “area of forest fund lands covered by forest vegetation” — 766,034 at year-end; thousand hectares; the smallest is “hardwood” at 18,629 at year-end; thousand hectares. The gap between them is 41.1-fold.
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Period and application
The statistics cover the period from 2019 to 2023 and are updated by Rosstat as part of the annual environmental protection compendium. This information is useful for forestry specialists, ecologists, and researchers studying the state of Russia's natural resources. Data are presented in thousand hectares at the end of each reporting year, allowing for an assessment of the preservation and structure of forest territories at the federal level without the need for unit conversion
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