Apricots — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Apricots — Area harvested was 4,907 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apricots — Area harvested in Iraq, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 4,907 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 7,100 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 2,703 ha, in 2015.
Iraq ranks 26th of 80 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.
Apricots — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7,100 ha | — |
| 1986 | 6,600 ha | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 5,600 ha | -15.2% |
| 1988 | 5,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 6,500 ha | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 4,700 ha | -27.7% |
| 1991 | 4,200 ha | -10.6% |
| 1992 | 4,037 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 4,300 ha | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 4,341 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 4,375 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 4,274 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 4,342 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 4,350 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 4,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 4,609 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 4,525 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 4,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 4,084 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 4,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 4,993 ha | +21.8% |
| 2006 | 5,500 ha | +10.2% |
| 2007 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 5,166 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 4,797 ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 4,850 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 4,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,703 ha | -48.0% |
| 2016 | 2,854 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 3,114 ha | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 3,235 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 6,990 ha | +116.1% |
| 2020 | 6,520 ha | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 6,350 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 5,874 ha | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 4,871 ha | -17.1% |
| 2024 | 4,907 ha | +0.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 4,907 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,188 ha, 1.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 4,907 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,822 ha, 1.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +116.1% | 3,235 ha | 6,990 ha |
| 2015 | -48.0% | 5,200 ha | 2,703 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6,320 ha | 5,600 ha | 7,100 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 4,332 ha | 4,037 ha | 4,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,677 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,405 ha | 2,703 ha | 6,990 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,704 ha | 4,871 ha | 6,520 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 apricots — area harvested in Iraq?
- Apricots — area harvested in Iraq was 4,907 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 7,100 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,703 ha in 2015.
- How does Iraq rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 26th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. 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 Apricots — 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.