Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Montenegro
Montenegro: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 18.46 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Montenegro, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 18.46 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Montenegro peaked at 38.29 % in 2006 and was at its lowest, 16.59 %, in 2013.
Montenegro ranks 189th of 255 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 38.29 % | — |
| 2007 | 38.22 % | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 38.14 % | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 38.22 % | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 38.07 % | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 38.14 % | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 38.14 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16.59 % | -56.5% |
| 2014 | 17.12 % | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 17.2 % | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 19.01 % | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 19.06 % | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 19.09 % | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 19.11 % | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 19.18 % | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 19 % | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 18.88 % | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 19.59 % | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 18.46 % | -5.8% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 18.46 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 39.07 %, 47% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 18.46 % is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 43.63 %, 42% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Montenegro changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -56.5% | 38.14 % | 16.59 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.22 % | 38.14 % | 38.29 % | 4 |
| 2010s | 24.15 % | 16.59 % | 38.14 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.02 % | 18.46 % | 19.59 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
- 186 Western Sahara 18.81 % compare
- 187 Puerto Rico 18.54 % compare
- 188 Niue 18.53 % compare
- 190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.99 % compare
- 191 Samoa 17.77 % compare
- 192 Algeria 17.35 % compare
More environment data for Montenegro
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9561 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1974 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.53 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.06 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), annual growth rate 14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per capita 0.0025 metric tons per person (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), annual growth rate 4.69 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Montenegro?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Montenegro was 18.46 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 38.29 % in 2006.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.59 % in 2013.
- How does Montenegro rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Montenegro ranks 189th out of 255 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.