Barley — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Barley — Yield was 950.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 950.6 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.8% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Iraq peaked at 1,921 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 360.4 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Iraq 100th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,012 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,125 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1963 | 878.1 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1964 | 778.7 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1965 | 806.9 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 832.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 855 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 1,240 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1969 | 1,284 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 1,137 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1971 | 1,092 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 1,452 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1973 | 995.5 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1974 | 1,027 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 770.3 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 1,006 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1977 | 854.1 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1978 | 864 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 751.5 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1980 | 822.5 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1981 | 939.9 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 812.4 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1983 | 686.8 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1984 | 917.4 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1985 | 981.4 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 718.4 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1987 | 763.9 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 1,094 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1989 | 726.5 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1990 | 964.7 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1991 | 586 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 1992 | 750 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1993 | 675 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 632.6 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 642.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 787.9 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1997 | 663.3 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 708.2 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 409.8 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 2000 | 360.4 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 458.3 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 2002 | 794.4 kg/ha | +73.3% |
| 2003 | 809.8 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 841.2 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 709.1 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2006 | 895.7 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2007 | 683.9 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2008 | 940.4 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2009 | 1,284 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 2010 | 1,131 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 1,141 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1,583 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 2013 | 1,233 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2014 | 1,115 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 1,881 kg/ha | +68.7% |
| 2016 | 1,921 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 1,534 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2018 | 1,419 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 1,692 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2020 | 1,563 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 1,542 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,585 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 881.6 kg/ha | -44.4% |
| 2024 | 950.6 kg/ha | +7.8% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 950.6 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 950.6 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 979.17 kg/ha | 778.7 kg/ha | 1,284 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 994.89 kg/ha | 751.5 kg/ha | 1,452 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 846.28 kg/ha | 686.8 kg/ha | 1,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 681.97 kg/ha | 409.8 kg/ha | 964.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 777.75 kg/ha | 360.4 kg/ha | 1,284 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,465 kg/ha | 1,115 kg/ha | 1,921 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,305 kg/ha | 881.6 kg/ha | 1,585 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 barley — yield in Iraq?
- Barley — yield in Iraq was 950.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 1,921 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 360.4 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Iraq rank for barley — yield?
- Iraq ranks 100th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 Barley — 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.