Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Iraq
Iraq: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 39.98 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Iraq, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 39.98 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 37.2% on the previous year and down 78.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Iraq peaked at 183.83 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 27.04 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Iraq 169th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 124.52 1000 ha | 90.86 1000 ha | 154.54 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 116.37 1000 ha | 63.64 1000 ha | 183.83 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.5 1000 ha | 27.04 1000 ha | 64.45 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 166 Martinique 56.36 1000 ha compare
- 167 Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.1 1000 ha compare
- 168 Saint Lucia 43.88 1000 ha compare
- 170 Israel 37.34 1000 ha compare
- 171 Isle of Man 36.64 1000 ha compare
- 172 Tonga 36.3 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Iraq
- Standard Deviation 0.549 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.99 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 460,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 462,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 12,088 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,033 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 78 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 160 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 193,308 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 223,355 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Iraq?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Iraq was 39.98 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 183.83 1000 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.04 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Iraq rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Iraq ranks 169th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.