Iraq

Forest area in Iraq

Forest area in Iraq: 1.8% in 1990 and 1.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
1.6%
Since 1990
−0.2 percentage points
Rank, 2024
189 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in IraqForest area in Iraq: 1.8% in 1990 and 1.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 1.9% in 2000, the lowest 1.6% in 2024.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 1.9% in 2000, the lowest 1.6% in 2024.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearIraqWorld
20241.6–
20231.631.1
20221.631.1
20211.731.2
20201.731.2
20191.731.2
20181.731.3
20171.731.3
20161.731.3
20151.731.4
20141.831.4
20131.831.4
20121.831.5
20111.831.9
20101.932
20091.932
20081.832
20071.832.1
20061.932.1
20051.932.1
20041.932.2
20031.932.3
20021.932.3
20011.932.3
20001.932.4
19991.932.5
19981.932.5
19971.932.6
19961.932.7
19951.932.7
19941.932.8
19931.832.8
19921.833
19911.8–
19901.8–

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.

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