Agricultural land in North Macedonia

Agricultural land made up 49.2% of the land area of North Macedonia in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2011.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1992 to 2024 Source: World Bank
North Macedonia, 2024 49.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 49.6%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as North Macedonia (2024).
Position in 2024 63rd of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in North Macedonia 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.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period North MacedoniaWorld
2024 49.2% –
2023 49.6% 36.9%
2022 49.8% 37.0%
2021 50.0% 37.0%
2020 50.0% 36.9%
2019 50.2% 36.9%
2018 50.1% 36.9%
2017 50.2% 37.0%
2016 50.2% 36.8%
2015 50.0% 36.8%
2014 50.0% 37.0%
2013 50.0% 37.0%
2012 50.2% 37.0%
2011 44.3% 36.7%
2010 44.4% 36.5%
2009 40.2% 36.5%
2008 42.1% 36.5%
2007 42.6% 36.6%
2006 48.1% 36.6%
2005 48.3% 36.6%
2004 49.6% 36.6%
2003 51.2% 37.0%
2002 52.5% 37.1%
2001 48.8% 37.2%
2000 48.6% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 49.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 50.0%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, North Macedonia has the 63rd highest value.

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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.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1992 to 2024 for North Macedonia
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)