Croatia vs Serbia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 34.8% in Croatia and 39.2% in Serbia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Serbia, by 4.5 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Croatia.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Serbia has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Croatia.
In 2024, Croatia ranked 96 and Serbia ranked 81 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Croatia	Serbia	World
2024	34.8	39.2	–
2023	34.7	38.8	31.1
2022	34.7	38.3	31.1
2021	34.7	37.9	31.2
2020	34.7	37.4	31.2
2019	34.6	37	31.2
2018	34.5	36.6	31.3
2017	34.5	36.1	31.3
2016	34.4	35.7	31.3
2015	34.3	35.2	31.4
2014	34.3	34.7	31.4
2013	34.3	34.3	31.4
2012	34.3	33.8	31.5
2011	34.3	33.4	31.9
2010	34.3	32.9	32
2009	34.3	32.5	32
2008	34.2	32	32
2007	34.1	31.6	32.1
2006	34.1	31.1	32.1
2005	34	–	32.1
2004	33.9	–	32.2
2003	33.9	–	32.3
2002	33.8	–	32.3
2001	33.8	–	32.3
2000	33.7	–	32.4
1999	33.7	–	32.5
1998	33.6	–	32.5
1997	33.5	–	32.6
1996	33.4	–	32.7
1995	33.4	–	32.7
1994	33.3	–	32.8
1993	33.3	–	32.8
1992	33.2	–	33

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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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Croatia vs Serbia: Forest area

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