Forest area in Albania

Forests covered 34.3% of the land area of Albania in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Albania, 2024 34.3% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 34.3%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Albania (2024).
Position in 2024 99th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Albania over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period AlbaniaWorld
2024 34.3% –
2023 34.3% 31.1%
2022 34.3% 31.1%
2021 34.3% 31.2%
2020 34.3% 31.2%
2019 33.3% 31.2%
2018 32.2% 31.3%
2017 31.2% 31.3%
2016 30.1% 31.3%
2015 29.1% 31.4%
2014 29.0% 31.4%
2013 28.9% 31.4%
2012 28.8% 31.5%
2011 28.7% 31.9%
2010 28.5% 31.9%
2009 28.5% 32.0%
2008 28.4% 32.0%
2007 28.4% 32.1%
2006 28.4% 32.1%
2005 28.3% 32.1%
2004 28.3% 32.2%
2003 28.2% 32.3%
2002 28.2% 32.3%
2001 28.1% 32.3%
2000 28.1% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 29.0%, the figure has changed by +5.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Albania has the 99th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Albania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)