Forest area in North Macedonia

Forests covered 40.8% of the land area of North Macedonia in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1992 to 2024 Source: World Bank
North Macedonia, 2024 40.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 40.9%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as North Macedonia (2024).
Position in 2024 77th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area 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.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period North MacedoniaWorld
2024 40.8% –
2023 40.9% 31.1%
2022 41.1% 31.1%
2021 41.2% 31.2%
2020 41.3% 31.2%
2019 40.9% 31.2%
2018 40.6% 31.3%
2017 40.2% 31.3%
2016 39.8% 31.3%
2015 39.4% 31.4%
2014 39.2% 31.4%
2013 38.9% 31.4%
2012 38.6% 31.5%
2011 38.4% 31.9%
2010 38.1% 31.9%
2009 38.1% 32.0%
2008 38.0% 32.0%
2007 38.0% 32.1%
2006 37.7% 32.1%
2005 37.7% 32.1%
2004 37.7% 32.2%
2003 37.7% 32.3%
2002 37.7% 32.3%
2001 37.7% 32.3%
2000 37.7% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 40.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 39.2%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, North Macedonia has the 77th 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.FRST.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)