Apples — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Apples — Yield was 3,090 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Yield in Iraq, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — yield in Iraq is 3,090 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Iraq peaked at 13,552 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 2,326 kg/ha, in 2005.
Iraq ranks 93rd of 96 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 12,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 8,889 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1987 | 7,232 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1988 | 8,000 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1989 | 8,333 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 7,356 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1991 | 13,552 kg/ha | +84.2% |
| 1992 | 12,896 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 12,240 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 11,584 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 10,928 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 11,194 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 9,911 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 9,053 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 8,857 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 7,333 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2001 | 6,512 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 5,860 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 5,954 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 2,698 kg/ha | -54.7% |
| 2005 | 2,326 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2006 | 2,326 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,884 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2008 | 3,030 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 3,048 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 3,046 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 3,063 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 3,078 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 3,122 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 3,169 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 3,022 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 3,069 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 3,073 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 3,103 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 3,160 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 3,166 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 3,200 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 3,179 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 3,070 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 3,090 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 3,090 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,310 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 3,090 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 12,692 kg/ha, 24% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield 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 | +84.2% | 7,356 kg/ha | 13,552 kg/ha |
| 2004 | -54.7% | 5,954 kg/ha | 2,698 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8,891 kg/ha | 7,232 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 10,757 kg/ha | 7,356 kg/ha | 13,552 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,197 kg/ha | 2,326 kg/ha | 7,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,090 kg/ha | 3,022 kg/ha | 3,169 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,141 kg/ha | 3,070 kg/ha | 3,200 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Iraq?
- Apples — yield in Iraq was 3,090 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 13,552 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,326 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Iraq rank for apples — yield?
- Iraq ranks 93rd out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. 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.