Iraq vs New Zealand: Breakdown of habitable land area

Iraq
519,810 hectares
in 2019
New Zealand
475,950 hectares
in 2019
Iraq rank
41st
New Zealand rank
44th

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

  • Iraq
  • New Zealand
0200.0k400.0k600.0k201520172019

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 519,810 hectares against 475,950 hectares in New Zealand, a difference of 43,860 hectares.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was New Zealand ahead.

Iraq ranks 41st and New Zealand ranks 44th of 235 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Breakdown of habitable land 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, 1,175 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

Habitable land is defined as ice- and barren-free land. Agricultural land is the sum of croplands and pasture for grazing.