Forest land — Share in Land area in Montenegro
Montenegro: Forest land — Share in Land area was 61.49 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Montenegro, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 61.49 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Montenegro peaked at 61.49 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 55.51 %, in 2006.
That places Montenegro 38th out of 249 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 55.51 % | — |
| 2007 | 57 % | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 58.5 % | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 59.99 % | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 61.49 % | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 61.49 % | +0.0% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 61.49 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 38.73 %, 1.6× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 61.49 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 32.85 %, 1.9× the median. (53 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.75 % | 55.51 % | 59.99 % | 4 |
| 2010s | 61.49 % | 61.49 % | 61.49 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.49 % | 61.49 % | 61.49 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
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 forest land — share in land area in Montenegro?
- Forest land — share in land area in Montenegro was 61.49 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 61.49 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.51 % in 2006.
- How does Montenegro rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Montenegro ranks 38th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest 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.