Bulgaria vs North Macedonia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 36.4% in Bulgaria and 40.8% in North Macedonia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in North Macedonia, by 4.5 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Bulgaria.

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% of land · FAO

BulgariaNorth MacedoniaWorld

What the numbers say

North Macedonia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
In 2024, Bulgaria ranked 92 and North Macedonia ranked 77 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Bulgaria	North Macedonia	World
2024	36.4	40.8	–
2023	36.2	40.9	31.1
2022	36.1	41.1	31.1
2021	36	41.2	31.2
2020	35.9	41.3	31.2
2019	35.8	41	31.2
2018	35.7	40.6	31.3
2017	35.5	40.2	31.3
2016	35.4	39.8	31.3
2015	35.3	39.4	31.4
2014	35.1	39.2	31.4
2013	35	38.9	31.4
2012	34.8	38.6	31.5
2011	34.6	38.4	31.9
2010	34.4	38.1	32
2009	34.1	38.1	32
2008	33.7	38	32
2007	33.4	38	32.1
2006	33.1	37.7	32.1
2005	32.7	37.7	32.1
2004	32.4	37.7	32.2
2003	32	37.7	32.3
2002	31.7	37.7	32.3
2001	30.8	37.7	32.3
2000	30.5	37.7	32.4
1999	30.5	37.5	32.5
1998	30.4	37.3	32.5
1997	30.4	37.1	32.6
1996	30.3	36.9	32.7
1995	30.3	36.8	32.7
1994	30.3	36.6	32.8
1993	30.2	36.4	32.8
1992	30.2	36.2	33
1991	30.1	–	–
1990	30.1	–	–

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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