Montenegro vs Serbia
Montenegro vs Serbia: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 61.5% in Montenegro and 39.2% in Serbia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Montenegro, by 22.3 percentage points, or 1.57 times that in Serbia.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Montenegro has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
- In 2024, Montenegro ranked 30 and Serbia ranked 81 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Montenegro | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 61.5 | 39.2 | – |
| 2023 | 61.5 | 38.8 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 61.5 | 38.3 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 61.5 | 37.9 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 61.5 | 37.4 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 61.5 | 37 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 61.5 | 36.6 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 61.5 | 36.1 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 61.5 | 35.7 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 61.5 | 35.2 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 61.5 | 34.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 61.5 | 34.3 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 61.5 | 33.8 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 61.5 | 33.4 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 61.5 | 32.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 60 | 32.5 | 32 |
| 2008 | 58.5 | 32 | 32 |
| 2007 | 57 | 31.6 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 55.5 | 31.1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | – | – | 32.1 |
| 2004 | – | – | 32.2 |
| 2003 | – | – | 32.3 |
| 2002 | – | – | 32.3 |
| 2001 | – | – | 32.3 |
| 2000 | – | – | 32.4 |
| 1999 | – | – | 32.5 |
| 1998 | – | – | 32.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 32.6 |
| 1996 | – | – | 32.7 |
| 1995 | – | – | 32.7 |
| 1994 | – | – | 32.8 |
| 1993 | – | – | 32.8 |
| 1992 | – | – | 33 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Montenegro vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyMontenegro: 77.1 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMontenegro: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMontenegro: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMontenegro: 85.1% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionMontenegro: 2.56% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateMontenegro: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMontenegro: 633,600 people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthMontenegro: 1.86% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMontenegro: 1.8 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMontenegro: 65.6% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageMontenegro: 39.3 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMontenegro: 17.5% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateMontenegro: 18.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMontenegro: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMontenegro: $163M in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personMontenegro: $277 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMontenegro: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMontenegro: 12,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerMontenegro: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMontenegro: 4.66% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMontenegro: 1 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMontenegro: 4 million TIV in 2022Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025