Afghanistan vs Iraq: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Afghanistan
- Iraq
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 2.30 million ha against 2.03 million ha in Iraq, a difference of 270,200 ha.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 17th and Iraq ranks 20th of 124 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.23 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 954,000 ha | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 2.36 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 1.02 million ha | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 1.79 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 723,788 ha | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 1.91 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 342,511 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 2.17 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 694,446 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 2.28 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 958,032 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 2.18 million ha | 1.68 million ha | 498,187 ha | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Afghanistan or Iraq?
- Afghanistan, at 2.30 million ha against 2.03 million ha in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Afghanistan and Iraq?
- 270,200 ha, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Iraq?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Iraq rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 17th and Iraq ranks 20th of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.