Iran vs Poland
Iran vs Poland: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 6.6% in Iran and 31% in Poland, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Poland, by 24.4 percentage points, or 4.68 times that in Iran.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Iran ranked 175 and Poland ranked 110 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Iran | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.6 | 31 | – |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 31 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 6.6 | 31 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 6.6 | 30.9 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 6.6 | 30.9 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 30.9 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 6.6 | 30.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 6.6 | 30.8 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 6.6 | 30.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 6.6 | 30.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 6.6 | 30.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 6.6 | 30.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 6.6 | 30.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 6.6 | 30.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 6.6 | 30.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 6.6 | 30.4 | 32 |
| 2008 | 6.6 | 30.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | 6.6 | 30.2 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 6.6 | 30.1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 6.6 | 30 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 6.6 | 29.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 6.6 | 29.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 6.6 | 29.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 6.6 | 29.7 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 6.6 | 29.6 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 6.6 | 29.5 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 6.6 | 29.5 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 6.6 | 29.4 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 6.6 | 29.4 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 6.6 | 29.3 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 6.6 | 29.2 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 6.6 | 29.2 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 6.6 | 29.1 | 33 |
| 1991 | 6.6 | 29.1 | – |
| 1990 | 6.6 | 29 | – |
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
Iran vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIran: 94.2% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIran: $7.45B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIran: 80 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025