Azerbaijan vs Iran: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Azerbaijan

15.48 hectares

in 2024

Iran

16.91 hectares

in 2024

Azerbaijan rank

143rd

Iran rank

140th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Iran currently reports 16.91 hectares against 15.48 hectares in Azerbaijan, a difference of 1.42 hectares.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.1 times Azerbaijan's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Azerbaijan ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 143rd and Iran ranks 140th of 187 countries.

Indicator: Agriculture-driven deforestation
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 187 places, 4,269 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Long-term, permanent tree cover loss for small- to large-scale agriculture.