Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in Russian Federation
Russian Federation: Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC was 4.26 million ha in 2020. ▼ Falling
Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in Russian Federation, 1992–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Russian Federation recorded 4.26 million ha for drained organic soils — area — unfccc in 2020.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area — unfccc in Russian Federation peaked at 6.03 million ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 4.26 million ha, in 2014.
Russian Federation ranks 1st of 32 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.62 million ha | 5.13 million ha | 6.03 million ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 4.60 million ha | 4.34 million ha | 5.02 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.27 million ha | 4.26 million ha | 4.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.26 million ha | 4.26 million ha | 4.26 million ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near Russian Federation
More climate change data for Russian Federation
- Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass 44,584 million t (2025)
- Forestland — Area — FAO TIER 1 832,630 1000 ha (2025)
- Forestland — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — FAO TIER 1 -1.15 million kt (2025)
- Net Forest conversion — Area — FAO TIER 1 0 1000 ha (2025)
- Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) 0 kt (2025)
- Carbon stock change in forests — Area — FAO TIER 1 832,630 1000 ha (2025)
- Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest) -1.15 million kt (2025)
- Cropland organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 1.66 million ha (2024)
- Cropland organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 33.79 kt (2024)
- Cropland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 47,911 kt (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drained organic soils — area — unfccc in Russian Federation?
- Drained organic soils — area — unfccc in Russian Federation was 4.26 million ha in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest drained organic soils — area — unfccc recorded in Russian Federation?
- The highest recorded value was 6.03 million ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest drained organic soils — area — unfccc recorded in Russian Federation?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.26 million ha in 2014.
- How does Russian Federation rank for drained organic soils — area — unfccc?
- Russian Federation ranks 1st out of 32 countries with data for 2020.
- Is drained organic soils — area — unfccc rising or falling in Russian Federation?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Russian Federation data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.