Egypt vs Iraq: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 256,758 ha against 85,948 ha in Egypt, a difference of 170,810 ha.
That makes Iraq's figure about 3.0 times Egypt's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Iraq has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 5th and Iraq ranks 2nd of 37 countries.
Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23,400 ha | 111,688 ha | 88,288 ha | Iraq |
| 1990s | 26,233 ha | 139,018 ha | 112,785 ha | Iraq |
| 2000s | 33,760 ha | 93,712 ha | 59,952 ha | Iraq |
| 2010s | 45,009 ha | 206,659 ha | 161,650 ha | Iraq |
| 2020s | 69,701 ha | 264,886 ha | 195,185 ha | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Egypt or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 256,758 ha against 85,948 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Egypt and Iraq?
- 170,810 ha, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Iraq?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Iraq rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 5th and Iraq ranks 2nd of 37 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Dates — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.