Iraq vs Syria
Iraq vs Syria: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 1.6% in Iraq and 2.9% in Syria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Syria, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.79 times that in Iraq.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Iraq ranked 189 and Syria ranked 185 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Iraq | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.6 | 2.9 | – |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 32 |
| 2009 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 32 |
| 2008 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 32 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 33 |
| 1991 | 1.8 | 2.5 | – |
| 1990 | 1.8 | 2.5 | – |
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
Iraq vs Syria
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010