Barley — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Barley — Area harvested was 173,042 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Iraq is 173,042 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 44.0% on the previous year and down 84.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 2.31 million ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 91,144 ha, in 2022.
Iraq ranks 39th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.00 million ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 900,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 800,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1965 | 1.00 million ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 1.00 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1.00 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 800,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1969 | 750,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 600,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 395,750 ha | -34.0% |
| 1972 | 675,000 ha | +70.6% |
| 1973 | 464,100 ha | -31.2% |
| 1974 | 519,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1975 | 567,300 ha | +9.3% |
| 1976 | 575,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 535,875 ha | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 714,324 ha | +33.3% |
| 1979 | 760,300 ha | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 829,625 ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 983,875 ha | +18.6% |
| 1982 | 1.11 million ha | +12.8% |
| 1983 | 1.22 million ha | +9.6% |
| 1984 | 525,425 ha | -56.8% |
| 1985 | 1.36 million ha | +158.2% |
| 1986 | 1.46 million ha | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 972,475 ha | -33.2% |
| 1988 | 1.31 million ha | +35.1% |
| 1989 | 913,175 ha | -30.5% |
| 1990 | 1.92 million ha | +110.5% |
| 1991 | 1.31 million ha | -31.8% |
| 1992 | 2.01 million ha | +53.4% |
| 1993 | 2.31 million ha | +15.0% |
| 1994 | 1.53 million ha | -33.7% |
| 1995 | 1.39 million ha | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 1.65 million ha | +18.8% |
| 1997 | 1.17 million ha | -28.9% |
| 1998 | 1.21 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 1.22 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.11 million ha | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 1.20 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 1.30 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 1.06 million ha | -18.2% |
| 2004 | 957,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 1.06 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 1.03 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.09 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 429,625 ha | -60.7% |
| 2009 | 390,506 ha | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 1.01 million ha | +157.6% |
| 2011 | 718,549 ha | -28.6% |
| 2012 | 525,625 ha | -26.8% |
| 2013 | 813,548 ha | +54.8% |
| 2014 | 1.15 million ha | +40.8% |
| 2015 | 265,425 ha | -76.8% |
| 2016 | 259,859 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 197,625 ha | -23.9% |
| 2018 | 134,328 ha | -32.0% |
| 2019 | 897,216 ha | +567.9% |
| 2020 | 1.12 million ha | +25.2% |
| 2021 | 172,822 ha | -84.6% |
| 2022 | 91,144 ha | -47.3% |
| 2023 | 120,131 ha | +31.8% |
| 2024 | 173,042 ha | +44.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 173,042 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,213 ha, 1.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 173,042 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,000 ha, 6.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — 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 | +567.9% | 134,328 ha | 897,216 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 905,556 ha | 750,000 ha | 1.00 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 580,735 ha | 395,750 ha | 760,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.07 million ha | 525,425 ha | 1.46 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.57 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 2.31 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 963,302 ha | 390,506 ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 596,376 ha | 134,328 ha | 1.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 336,170 ha | 91,144 ha | 1.12 million 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 barley — area harvested in Iraq?
- Barley — area harvested in Iraq was 173,042 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 2.31 million ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 91,144 ha in 2022.
- How does Iraq rank for barley — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 39th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.9%. 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 Barley — 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.