El Salvador vs Iraq: Annual deforestation as a share of forest area
El Salvador
0.7%
in 2020
Iraq
0.9%
in 2020
El Salvador rank
23rd
Iraq rank
20th
Annual deforestation as a share of forest area over time
- El Salvador
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 0.9% against 0.7% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.3 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 23rd and Iraq ranks 20th of 105 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Iraq in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1.3% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.2% | 1.2% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Iraq |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual deforestation as a share of forest area, El Salvador or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 0.9% against 0.7% in El Salvador as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual deforestation as a share of forest area between El Salvador and Iraq?
- 0.2%, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Iraq?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do El Salvador and Iraq rank globally for annual deforestation as a share of forest area?
- El Salvador ranks 23rd and Iraq ranks 20th of 105 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 deforestation as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual deforestation as share of forest area represents the yearly percentage of forest area lost due to deforestation relative to the total forest area.