Almonds, in shell — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Almonds, in shell — Area harvested was 313 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Almonds, in shell — Area harvested in Iraq, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 313 ha for almonds, in shell — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, almonds, in shell — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 600 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 313 ha, in 2022.
Iraq ranks 39th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Almonds, in shell — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 470 ha | — |
| 1986 | 470 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 470 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 470 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 470 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 485 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 515 ha | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 557 ha | +8.2% |
| 1993 | 600 ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 582 ha | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 522 ha | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 518 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 507 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 475 ha | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 482 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 470 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 457 ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 400 ha | -12.5% |
| 2003 | 378 ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 414 ha | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 351 ha | -15.2% |
| 2006 | 470 ha | +33.9% |
| 2007 | 450 ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 387 ha | -14.0% |
| 2009 | 395 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 372 ha | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 373 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 320 ha | -14.2% |
| 2013 | 346 ha | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 336 ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 332 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 338 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 323 ha | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 331 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 320 ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 314 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 314 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 313 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 314 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 313 ha | -0.3% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 313 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 418.5 ha, 75% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 313 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,900 ha, 6% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Almonds, in shell — Area harvested in Iraq changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +33.9% | 351 ha | 470 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 470 ha | 470 ha | 470 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 524.3 ha | 475 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 417.2 ha | 351 ha | 470 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 339.1 ha | 320 ha | 373 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 313.6 ha | 313 ha | 314 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 36 Argentina 389 ha compare
- 37 Jordan 383 ha compare
- 38 Israel 379 ha compare
- 40 Kazakhstan 96 ha compare
- 41 Saudi Arabia 79 ha compare
- 42 United Arab Emirates 37 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is almonds, in shell — area harvested in Iraq?
- Almonds, in shell — area harvested in Iraq was 313 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest almonds, in shell — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 600 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest almonds, in shell — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 313 ha in 2022.
- How does Iraq rank for almonds, in shell — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 39th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is almonds, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Almonds, in shell — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.