Forest area in Montenegro

Forests covered 61.5% of the land area of Montenegro in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2024 61.5% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 61.5%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Montenegro (2024).
Position in 2024 30th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Montenegro 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 MontenegroWorld
2024 61.5% –
2023 61.5% 31.1%
2022 61.5% 31.1%
2021 61.5% 31.2%
2020 61.5% 31.2%
2019 61.5% 31.2%
2018 61.5% 31.3%
2017 61.5% 31.3%
2016 61.5% 31.3%
2015 61.5% 31.4%
2014 61.5% 31.4%
2013 61.5% 31.4%
2012 61.5% 31.5%
2011 61.5% 31.9%
2010 61.5% 31.9%
2009 60.0% 32.0%
2008 58.5% 32.0%
2007 57.0% 32.1%
2006 55.5% 32.1%
2005 – 32.1%
2004 – 32.2%
2003 – 32.3%
2002 – 32.3%
2001 – 32.3%
2000 – 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.5%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Montenegro has the 30th 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
2006 to 2024 for Montenegro
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)