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Russia

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 12.3 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has risen by 9%.

36% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 49.8% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 92,122,406 hectares: 12.1% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year12.292024+0.994.73
Consumption-based CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year9.672023+0.114.71
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)18.852024+3.206.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person3.272024+0.581.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year2.672024+1.790.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17506.642024−0.51100.00
CO₂ imported (+) or exported (−) in goods% of the country's emissions-18.92023−3.30.0
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.4492022−0.0450.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year1042024+8—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year60,2372023+4,68921,286
Fossil share of energy%88.22024−0.581.3
Renewable share of energy%6.02024+0.514.8
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%18.12024+1.731.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%35.92024+2.540.9
Solar share of electricity%0.22024+0.26.9
Wind share of electricity%0.42024+0.48.1
Coal share of electricity%17.82024+2.934.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity4462024−3471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest49.820230.0—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 1,826,603 ha2002: 2,700,384 ha2003: 3,030,069 ha2004: 3,521,018 ha2005: 1,589,994 ha2006: 2,233,421 ha2007: 2,338,923 ha2008: 3,047,988 ha2009: 2,111,642 ha2010: 1,859,546 ha2011: 3,021,489 ha2012: 5,391,243 ha2013: 4,965,537 ha2014: 4,489,889 ha2015: 2,332,111 ha2016: 5,051,686 ha2017: 5,288,941 ha2018: 5,560,432 ha2019: 3,686,557 ha2020: 5,442,086 ha2021: 6,518,851 ha2022: 4,287,817 ha2023: 3,354,721 ha2024: 5,180,133 ha2025: 3,291,325 ha
20016,518,851 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 1,990.2 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 626.2 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data