Apricots — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Apricots — Yield was 5,232 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apricots — Yield in Iraq, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 5,232 kg/ha for apricots — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — yield in Iraq peaked at 7,021 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3,264 kg/ha, in 2007.
Iraq ranks 39th of 70 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 — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 4,507 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 5,000 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 5,584 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1988 | 5,517 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 5,000 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 7,021 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 1991 | 5,952 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1992 | 5,946 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 5,814 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 5,875 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 5,942 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 5,966 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 5,988 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 6,115 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 6,068 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 5,858 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 5,746 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 5,750 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 5,675 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 5,854 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 4,907 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2006 | 3,454 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2007 | 3,264 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 3,669 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 3,823 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 3,902 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 4,383 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2012 | 4,630 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 5,053 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 5,057 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 4,986 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 4,861 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 4,818 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 4,797 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 4,968 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 5,308 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 5,378 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 5,378 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5,199 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 5,232 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 5,232 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,976 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 5,232 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,022 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +40.4% | 5,000 kg/ha | 7,021 kg/ha |
| 2006 | -29.6% | 4,907 kg/ha | 3,454 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,122 kg/ha | 4,507 kg/ha | 5,584 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 6,069 kg/ha | 5,814 kg/ha | 7,021 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,800 kg/ha | 3,264 kg/ha | 5,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,746 kg/ha | 3,902 kg/ha | 5,057 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,299 kg/ha | 5,199 kg/ha | 5,378 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 apricots — yield in Iraq?
- Apricots — yield in Iraq was 5,232 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 7,021 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest apricots — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,264 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does Iraq rank for apricots — yield?
- Iraq ranks 39th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.