Eastern Africa vs Iraq: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Iraq
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 2.54 million ha against 2.03 million ha in Iraq, a difference of 512,400 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.3 times Iraq's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iraq ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 22nd and Iraq ranks 20th of 26 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 3 and Iraq in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.14 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 141,640 ha | Iraq |
| 1970s | 1.00 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 335,237 ha | Iraq |
| 1980s | 900,713 ha | 1.07 million ha | 167,899 ha | Iraq |
| 1990s | 1.07 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 499,808 ha | Iraq |
| 2000s | 1.64 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 164,226 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 2.12 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 794,374 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 2.48 million ha | 1.68 million ha | 794,599 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Iraq?
- Eastern Africa, at 2.54 million ha against 2.03 million ha in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Iraq?
- 512,400 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Iraq?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Iraq rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 22nd and Iraq ranks 20th of 26 groups.
- 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.