Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Montenegro
Montenegro: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was 18.1% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Montenegro, 2016–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Montenegro is 18.1%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 135.9% on the previous year and up 136.0% over ten years.
Montenegro ranks 7th of 225 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -50.3% | — |
| 2017 | -50.1% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | -49.9% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | -50.0% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | -49.6% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | -50.2% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | -50.5% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 18.1% | -135.9% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 18.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -0.7%. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | -50.1% | -50.3% | -49.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | -33.0% | -50.5% | 18.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
More agriculture & rural data for Montenegro
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 498.87 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.256 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Montenegro?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Montenegro was 18.1% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 18.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was -50.5% in 2022.
- How does Montenegro rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Montenegro ranks 7th out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is up 136.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.