What is the difference in wheat yields between Iraq and Madagascar?

0.17 tonnes per hectare, with Iraq ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Madagascar?

49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Wheat yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iraq vs Madagascar: Wheat yields

Iraq

2.58 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Madagascar

2.41 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Iraq rank

80th

Madagascar rank

83rd

Wheat yields over time

Iraq
Madagascar

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 2.58 tonnes per hectare against 2.41 tonnes per hectare in Madagascar, a difference of 0.17 tonnes per hectare.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Madagascar ahead.

Iraq ranks 80th and Madagascar ranks 83rd of 126 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.7309 tonnes per hectare	1.6 tonnes per hectare	0.8674 tonnes per hectare	Madagascar
1980s	0.8273 tonnes per hectare	1.59 tonnes per hectare	0.7649 tonnes per hectare	Madagascar
1990s	0.7602 tonnes per hectare	2.28 tonnes per hectare	1.52 tonnes per hectare	Madagascar
2000s	1.21 tonnes per hectare	2.37 tonnes per hectare	1.16 tonnes per hectare	Madagascar
2010s	2.57 tonnes per hectare	2.4 tonnes per hectare	0.1706 tonnes per hectare	Iraq
2020s	2.7 tonnes per hectare	2.41 tonnes per hectare	0.2951 tonnes per hectare	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wheat yields, Iraq or Madagascar?: Iraq, at 2.58 tonnes per hectare against 2.41 tonnes per hectare in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in wheat yields between Iraq and Madagascar?: 0.17 tonnes per hectare, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Madagascar?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Iraq and Madagascar rank globally for wheat yields?: Iraq ranks 80th and Madagascar ranks 83rd of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Wheat yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Wheat yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,961 data points, 1275–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.