Environment in Russia

801 indicators covering environment for Russia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, unbleached (1961-2016) — Production 390,000 t 2016 up 18.5% 2nd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Production 40,000 t 2016 down 81.0% 7th
Mechanical and semi-chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 110,092 t 2024 down 24.5% 9th
Mechanical and semi-chemical wood pulp — Export value 47,065 1000 USD 2024 down 26.2% 11th
Above-ground forest biomass 83.43 tonnes per hectare 2025 up 5.6% 139th
Above-ground biomass in forest 83.43 2025 up 5.6% 151st
Forest area 832,630 2025 up 1.1% 1st
Forest area as a proportion of total land area 50.8% 2025 up 1.1% 68th
Share of forest area within protected areas 23.4% 2025 up 6.6% 76th
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas 23.4% 2025 up 6.6% 74th
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste 155.44 Index 2012 up 49.2% 11th
Wood pellets — Production 1.10 million t 2024 up 20.3% 13th
Legislation, Regulation, Act related to the prevention of 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Ozone (O₃) concentration 48 ppb 2015 unchanged 127th
Coastal protection 90.58 2025 up 4.1% 34th
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Export quantity 153,259 t 2016 7th
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Export value 55,677 1000 USD 2016 7th
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Area 4,247 1000 ha 2008 down 5.3% 10th
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land 1.97 % 2008 down 4.8% 62nd
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Production 192,935 t 2024 down 64.9% 10th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 66th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 70th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite — Export quantity 6,665 t 2024 down 61.0% 7th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite — Export value 2,286 1000 USD 2024 down 68.3% 8th
Mechanical and semi-chemical wood pulp — Production 2.47 million t 2024 up 8.5% 6th
Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, unbleached (1961-2016) — Export quantity 6,999 t 2016 down 66.7% 3rd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, unbleached (1961-2016) — Export value 1,770 1000 USD 2016 down 75.7% 4th
Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted 232,140 2005 down 33.2% 28th
Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 40.9% 2021 54th
Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 14,862 2021 38th
Household and ambient air pollution attributable DALYs 4.20 million 2019 up 9.0% 7th
Agricultural land area — Arable and permanent crop land 123,649 Hectares 2023 up 0.1% 3rd
Agricultural land area — Total agricultural land area 215,701 Hectares 2023 up 0.1% 4th
Agricultural land area — Arable land 121,649 Hectares 2023 unchanged 2nd
Lake water quality turbidity 16.4% 2021 67th
Lake water quality trophic state 2.1% 2021 33rd
Agricultural land area — Permanent pasture 92,052 Hectares 2023 unchanged 5th
Agricultural land area — Permanent crops 2,000 Hectares 2023 up 9.8% 11th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite — Production 344,713 t 2024 up 0.8% 6th
Share of forest with a long-term management plan 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Share of global annual deforestation 0.0% 2020 78th
Annual forest expansion 839,550 hectares per year 2020 up 146.3% 2nd
Share of annual global forest expansion 15.7% 2020 up 205.7% 2nd
Proportion of children moderately or severely wasted 3.3% 2005 down 32.7% 51st
Children moderately or severely wasted 233.5 2005 down 24.9% 26th
Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Forest land -1.10 million Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 up 18.9% 39th
Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Cropland -42,587 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 down 206.1% 38th
Annual afforestation 167,910 hectares per year 2020 up 146.3% 2nd
Cropland area under protective cover — Area 4.06 1000 ha 2024 16th
Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Grassland -89,429 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 up 25.9% 37th
Annual deforestation as a share of forest area 0.0% 2020 78th
Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Forest land 4,698 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 down 32.2% 2nd
Waste treatment - Regions — Municipal waste generation 2,065 Kilogrammes per person 2019 up 28.3% 1st
Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Forest land 7,016 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 down 37.1% 2nd
Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution 6,661 Cubic metres 2021 down 7.4% 2nd
Hazardous waste generated 81.09 million 2023 down 30.5% 2nd
Hazardous waste generated, per capita 0.1794 2023 up 44.7% 95th
Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Grassland 1,355 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 up 47.5% 3rd
Value Added (Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) 0.4681 2016 down 24.6% 28th