Iraq vs Myanmar: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area

Iraq

-1.0%

in 2025

Myanmar

-1.1%

in 2025

Iraq rank

211th

Myanmar rank

213th

Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time

Iraq currently reports -1.0% against -1.1% in Myanmar, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 211th and Myanmar ranks 213th of 228 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Unit: %
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 228 places, 7,980 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.