Deforestation statistics for Iraq

Iraq: Demographic data

Population (2022)	40,222,493
Annual population growth rate (2022)	2.30%
Population density (people/sq km)	93
Net migration	7,834
Fertility rate	3.7
Median age	21
Urban population share	73%

Iraq: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 434,320

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 17,504
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 0.0%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 137
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 0.8%

Iraq: Annual forest and tree cover data

Iraq: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 16
2002: 11
2003: 20
2004: 4
2005: 5
2006: 6
2007: 10
2008: 18
2009: 16
2010: 13
2011: 3
2012: 9
2013: 3
2014: 1
2015: 0
2016: 0
2017: 1
2018: 0
2019: 0
2020: 0

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1	Tree cover extent (2001) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Al-Anbar	10	0	1	0	0	1	12.8%
Baghdad	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Dhi-Qar	117	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Dihok	1,299	1	13	6	1	21	1.6%
Diyala	1,275	4	8	2	0	14	1.1%
Karbala'	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maysan	9,800	21	6	2	0	29	0.3%
Ninawa	410	9	13	4	0	27	6.5%
Sala ad-Din	442	6	9	0	0	15	3.5%
Wasit	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.3%
Al-Basrah	124	0	1	0	0	1	1.0%
Al-Muthannia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Qadisiyah	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
An-Najaf	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Arbil	2,530	9	8	3	0	20	0.8%
As-Sulaymaniyah	1,266	3	2	0	0	6	0.5%
At-Ta'mim	216	1	1	0	0	2	0.8%
Babil	4	0	0	0	0	0	11.3%

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Tree cover extent (2000) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Babil	Mahmudiya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Anbar	Al Fallujah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Anbar	Al Haditha	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Anbar	Al Qa'im	3	0	0	0	0	1	33.3%
Al-Anbar	Anah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Anbar	Ar Ramadi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Anbar	Ar Rutbah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Anbar	Hit	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Anbar	Kadhimiya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Baghdad	Adhamiya	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Dhi-Qar	An Nasiriyah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Dhi-Qar	Chibayish	116	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Dhi-Qar	Refai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Dhi-Qar	Shatrah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Dhi-Qar	Suq ash Shuyukh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Dihok	Amedi	712	1	3	1	1	7	1.0%
Dihok	Dahuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Dihok	Simele	26	0	2	0	0	3	11.5%
Dihok	Zakho	560	0	8	4	0	12	2.1%
Diyala	Al Khalis	59	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Diyala	Al Miqdadiyah	903	2	4	1	0	6	0.7%
Diyala	Ba`qubah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Diyala	Balad Ruz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Diyala	Khanaqin	309	3	4	1	0	7	2.3%
Diyala	Kifri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Karbala'	Ain Al Tamur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Karbala'	Al Jadwal al Gharbi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Karbala'	Karbala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maysan	Al Amarah	28	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maysan	Al Kahla	9,459	15	5	2	0	22	0.2%
Maysan	Al Miamona	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maysan	Al Mijar al Kabir	44	5	1	0	0	6	13.6%
Maysan	Ali al Gharbi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maysan	Qal`at Salih	268	0	0	0	0	1	0.4%
Ninawa	Akre	130	5	2	2	0	9	6.9%
Ninawa	Tilkef	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Ninawa	Al Ba'aj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Ninawa	Al Hamdaniyah	56	2	2	0	0	3	5.4%
Ninawa	Al Shikhan	9	0	1	0	0	1	11.1%
Ninawa	Hatra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Ninawa	Mosul	185	3	7	2	0	12	6.5%
Ninawa	Shekhan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Ninawa	Sinjar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Ninawa	Talafar	28	0	1	0	0	1	3.6%
Sala ad-Din	Al-Faris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Sala ad-Din	Al Door	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Sala ad-Din	Al Shirkat	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Sala ad-Din	Balad	265	5	9	0	0	14	5.3%
Sala ad-Din	Bayji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Sala ad-Din	Samarra	154	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Sala ad-Din	Tikrit	13	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Sala ad-Din	Touz Hourmato	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Wasit	Al Hayy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Wasit	Al Kut	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Wasit	Al Noamania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Wasit	As Suwayrah	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Wasit	Badrah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Basrah	Abu al Khasib	47	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Basrah	Al Faw	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Basrah	Al Madiana	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Basrah	Al Qurnah	19	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Basrah	Al Zubair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Basrah	Basrah	49	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Basrah	Shatt Al Arab	4	0	1	0	0	1	25.0%
Al-Muthannia	Al Khithir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Muthannia	As Salman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Muthannia	As Samawah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Muthannia	Rumaitha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Qadisiyah	Ad Diwaniyah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Qadisiyah	Afak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Qadisiyah	Al Hamza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Qadisiyah	Shamiya	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
An-Najaf	Al Kufa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
An-Najaf	Al Manathera	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
An-Najaf	Najaf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Arbil	Arbil	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Arbil	Choman	862	0	0	0	0	1	0.1%
Arbil	Koisnjaq	80	0	0	0	0	1	1.3%
Arbil	Makhmur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Arbil	Mergasur	352	5	0	0	0	5	1.4%
Arbil	Shaqlawa	364	2	4	1	0	7	1.9%
Arbil	Soran	867	1	4	1	0	6	0.7%
As-Sulaymaniyah	Chamchamal	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
As-Sulaymaniyah	Sulaymaniya	47	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
As-Sulaymaniyah	Darbandokeh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
As-Sulaymaniyah	Dukan	78	0	0	0	0	1	1.3%
As-Sulaymaniyah	Halabja	181	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
As-Sulaymaniyah	Kalar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
As-Sulaymaniyah	Penjwin	302	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
As-Sulaymaniyah	Pshdar	275	0	0	0	0	1	0.4%
As-Sulaymaniyah	Rania	336	1	1	0	0	3	0.9%
As-Sulaymaniyah	Sharbazher	45	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
At-Ta'mim	Daquq	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
At-Ta'mim	Dibis	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
At-Ta'mim	Haweeja	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
At-Ta'mim	Kirkuk	203	1	1	0	0	1	0.5%
Babil	Al-Mada'in	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Babil	Al Hashimiyah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Babil	Al Hillah	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Babil	Al Mahawil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Babil	Al Misiab	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Al-Anbar	Abu Ghraib	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%

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2019 forest data for Iraq | Archived forest data for Iraq | Forest data for Iraq

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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