Apples — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Apples — Area harvested was 24,596 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in Iraq, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Iraq is 24,596 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 25,080 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,797 ha, in 1991.
Iraq ranks 37th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,196 ha | +13.3% |
| 1991 | 4,797 ha | -53.0% |
| 1992 | 5,196 ha | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 5,621 ha | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 7,381 ha | +31.3% |
| 1995 | 8,236 ha | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 7,593 ha | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 8,072 ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 9,500 ha | +17.7% |
| 1999 | 10,500 ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 9,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 10,750 ha | +19.4% |
| 2002 | 10,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 12,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 2012 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 20,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2014 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 2016 | 14,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 15,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 24,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2020 | 25,080 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 24,660 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 24,329 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 24,065 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 24,596 ha | +2.2% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 24,596 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,049 ha, 1.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 24,596 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20,348 ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -53.0% | 10,196 ha | 4,797 ha |
| 2019 | +50.0% | 16,000 ha | 24,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,200 ha | 9,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 7,709 ha | 4,797 ha | 10,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,825 ha | 9,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,900 ha | 13,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,546 ha | 24,065 ha | 25,080 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
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 apples — area harvested in Iraq?
- Apples — area harvested in Iraq was 24,596 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 25,080 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,797 ha in 1991.
- How does Iraq rank for apples — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 37th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.