Iraq vs Southern Africa: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Iraq
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 2.03 million ha against 515,258 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 1.51 million ha.
That makes Iraq's figure about 3.9 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Iraq ranks 20th and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 4 and Southern Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.28 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 234,050 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 1.34 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 656,636 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 1.07 million ha | 1.91 million ha | 836,566 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 1.56 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 402,506 ha | Iraq |
| 2000s | 1.48 million ha | 828,944 ha | 649,009 ha | Iraq |
| 2010s | 1.32 million ha | 530,840 ha | 791,764 ha | Iraq |
| 2020s | 1.68 million ha | 539,222 ha | 1.14 million ha | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Iraq or Southern Africa?
- Iraq, at 2.03 million ha against 515,258 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Iraq and Southern Africa?
- 1.51 million ha, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Iraq and Southern Africa rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 20th and Southern Africa ranks 23rd 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.