Iraq vs Palau: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Iraq

1.86 hectares

in 2024

Palau

2.52 hectares

in 2024

Iraq rank

163rd

Palau rank

161st

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Palau currently reports 2.52 hectares against 1.86 hectares in Iraq, a difference of 0.6561 hectares.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.4 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Palau ahead.

Iraq ranks 163rd and Palau ranks 161st 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.