Countries ranked by total forested land area in 2025, measured in millions of hectares according to FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment. Russia possesses the largest total forest area of any country on Earth by a wide margin — its boreal...
About: Countries by Total Forest Area 2025
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Countries ranked by total forested land area in 2025, measured in millions of hectares according to FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment. Russia possesses the largest total forest area of any country on Earth by a wide margin — its boreal taiga stretches across Siberia in an almost unbroken band from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, covering over 800 million hectares and representing approximately 20% of the world's total forest cover. These forests play an outsized role in the global carbon cycle, store enormous quantities of permafrost carbon, and support biodiversity corridors that have no equivalent elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, making their preservation a matter of planetary rather than merely national significance.
Key Findings
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Russia leads with 815 in 2025.
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Average value in 2025: 318 · median: 265.
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Gap in 2025: Russia is 8.9× larger than Indonesia.
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Data Points
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Top Value
815
Russia
Total Forest Area (Million Hectares) · 2025
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Metrics
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Total Forest Area (Million Hectares)
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Period
2025
Single year snapshot
Category Rankings
Ranked by 2025 value · vs. 2025| # | Category | 2025 | 2025 | Change |
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| 🥇 | Russia | 815 | 815 | +0% |
| 🥈 | Brazil | 497 | 497 | +0% |
| 🥉 | Canada | 347 | 347 | +0% |
| 4 | United States | 310 | 310 | +0% |
| 5 | China | 220 | 220 | +0% |
| 6 | Australia | 134 | 134 | +0% |
| 7 | DR Congo | 126 | 126 | +0% |
| 8 | Indonesia | 92 | 92 | +0% |
Statistical Summary — 2025
815
Maximum
92
Minimum
318
Average
265
Median
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