Which has higher forest area, Iraq or Montenegro?

Montenegro, at 827,000 hectares against 692,550 hectares in Iraq as of 2025.

What is the difference in forest area between Iraq and Montenegro?

134,450 hectares, with Montenegro ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Montenegro?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iraq vs Montenegro: Forest area

Iraq

692,550 hectares

in 2025

Montenegro

827,000 hectares

in 2025

Iraq rank

134th

Montenegro rank

133rd

Forest area over time

Iraq
Montenegro

How they compare

Montenegro currently reports 827,000 hectares against 692,550 hectares in Iraq, a difference of 134,450 hectares.

That makes Montenegro's figure about 1.2 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 134th and Montenegro ranks 133rd of 235 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 2 and Montenegro in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Montenegro	Difference	Ahead
1990s	809,854 hectares	626,000 hectares	183,854 hectares	Iraq
2000s	811,626 hectares	716,450 hectares	95,176 hectares	Iraq
2010s	765,709 hectares	827,000 hectares	61,291 hectares	Montenegro
2020s	709,060 hectares	827,000 hectares	117,940 hectares	Montenegro

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest area, Iraq or Montenegro?: Montenegro, at 827,000 hectares against 692,550 hectares in Iraq as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest area between Iraq and Montenegro?: 134,450 hectares, with Montenegro ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Montenegro?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Iraq and Montenegro rank globally for forest area?: Iraq ranks 134th and Montenegro ranks 133rd of 235 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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 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.