Iraq vs Zimbabwe: Cotton yields

Iraq

1.45 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Zimbabwe

1.37 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Iraq rank

45th

Zimbabwe rank

47th

Cotton yields over time

Iraq currently reports 1.45 tonnes per hectare against 1.37 tonnes per hectare in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.081 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Iraq ranks 45th and Zimbabwe ranks 47th of 100 countries.

Indicator: Cotton yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
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: 101 places, 5,475 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.