Afghanistan vs Iraq
Afghanistan vs Iraq: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 1.9% in Afghanistan and 1.6% in Iraq, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1.15 times that in Iraq.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Afghanistan has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Iraq.
- In 2024, Afghanistan ranked 187 and Iraq ranked 189 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Afghanistan | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.9 | 1.6 | – |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 32 |
| 2007 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 33 |
| 1991 | 1.9 | 1.8 | – |
| 1990 | 1.9 | 1.8 | – |
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
Afghanistan vs Iraq
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Iraq: 72.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Iraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Iraq: 59.7% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Iraq: 3.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Iraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Iraq: 45.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Iraq: 2.15% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Iraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Iraq: 69.9% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Iraq: 20.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Iraq: 3.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Iraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Iraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Iraq: $6.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Iraq: $139 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Iraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Iraq: 459,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Iraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Iraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Iraq: 55 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Iraq: 20 million TIV in 1989