Iraq vs Kuwait: Annual forest expansion
Iraq
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Kuwait
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Iraq rank
73rd
Kuwait rank
73rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Iraq
- Kuwait
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Kuwait, a difference of 0 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Iraq ahead.
Iraq ranks 73rd and Kuwait ranks 73rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 1 and Kuwait in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,410 hectares per year | 140 hectares per year | 1,270 hectares per year | Iraq |
| 2000s | 0 hectares per year | 140 hectares per year | 140 hectares per year | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0 hectares per year | 90 hectares per year | 90 hectares per year | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Iraq or Kuwait?
- Iraq, at 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Kuwait as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Iraq and Kuwait?
- 0 hectares per year, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Kuwait?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Iraq and Kuwait rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Iraq ranks 73rd and Kuwait ranks 73rd of 110 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).