Belgium vs Iraq: Forest area

Belgium

670,520 hectares

in 2025

Iraq

692,550 hectares

in 2025

Belgium rank

137th

Iraq rank

134th

Forest area over time

Belgium
Iraq

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 692,550 hectares against 670,520 hectares in Belgium, a difference of 22,030 hectares.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Iraq has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 137th and Iraq ranks 134th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Belgium
Forest area in Iraq
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
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: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.