Forest area in Serbia

Forests covered 39.2% of the land area of Serbia in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Serbia, 2024 39.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 38.8%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Serbia (2024).
Position in 2024 81st of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Serbia 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 SerbiaWorld
2024 39.2% –
2023 38.8% 31.1%
2022 38.3% 31.1%
2021 37.9% 31.2%
2020 37.4% 31.2%
2019 37.0% 31.2%
2018 36.6% 31.3%
2017 36.1% 31.3%
2016 35.7% 31.3%
2015 35.2% 31.4%
2014 34.7% 31.4%
2013 34.3% 31.4%
2012 33.8% 31.5%
2011 33.4% 31.9%
2010 32.9% 31.9%
2009 32.5% 32.0%
2008 32.0% 32.0%
2007 31.6% 32.1%
2006 31.1% 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 a change of +0.5 percentage points from 38.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 34.7%, the figure has changed by +4.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Serbia has the 81st 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 Serbia
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)