Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Serbia
Serbia: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was 1.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Serbia, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 1.1% for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Serbia peaked at 1.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2000.
Serbia ranks 7th of 227 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.7% | — |
| 1992 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1.6% | +129.5% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 1.1% | -1.1% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 1.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1%, 16.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Serbia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +129.5% | 0.7% | 1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 4 Liechtenstein 1.4% compare
- 5 Israel 1.3% compare
- 6 Cape Verde 1.2% compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 1.1% compare
- 9 Ireland 0.9% compare
- 10 Uruguay 0.9% compare
More environment data for Serbia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.72 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.594 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.12 °C (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), annual growth rate 3.99 % 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 0.001 metric tons per person (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Serbia?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Serbia was 1.1% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2000.
- How does Serbia rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Serbia ranks 7th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.