Forest area in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Forest area was 1.03 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in North Macedonia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area in North Macedonia is 1.03 million hectares, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in North Macedonia peaked at 1.04 million hectares in 2020 and was at its lowest, 912,000 hectares, in 1990.
That places North Macedonia 127th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 932,498 hectares | 912,000 hectares | 952,995 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 958,846 hectares | 957,550 hectares | 960,142 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 993,793 hectares | 960,430 hectares | 1.03 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 million hectares | 1.03 million hectares | 1.04 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More environment data for North Macedonia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 9.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.38 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5072 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0639 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0978 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.35 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0017 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0049 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.6708 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in North Macedonia?
- Forest area in North Macedonia was 1.03 million hectares 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 forest area recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million hectares in 2020.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 912,000 hectares in 1990.
- How does North Macedonia rank for forest area?
- North Macedonia ranks 127th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.