Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 3,560 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Iraq stood at 3,560 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 16.0% on the previous year and down 74.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 33,750 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3,560 ha, in 2024.
Iraq ranks 18th of 61 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,970 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,604 ha | -13.7% |
| 1963 | 9,678 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 8,995 ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 10,264 ha | +14.1% |
| 1966 | 10,371 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 12,985 ha | +25.2% |
| 1968 | 12,938 ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 15,526 ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 14,296 ha | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 15,838 ha | +10.8% |
| 1972 | 18,597 ha | +17.4% |
| 1973 | 21,596 ha | +16.1% |
| 1974 | 18,064 ha | -16.4% |
| 1975 | 11,414 ha | -36.8% |
| 1976 | 18,065 ha | +58.3% |
| 1977 | 17,377 ha | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 13,991 ha | -19.5% |
| 1979 | 13,375 ha | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 15,925 ha | +19.1% |
| 1981 | 13,500 ha | -15.2% |
| 1982 | 14,700 ha | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 15,025 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 19,175 ha | +27.6% |
| 1985 | 21,225 ha | +10.7% |
| 1986 | 24,100 ha | +13.5% |
| 1987 | 24,875 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 23,300 ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 25,075 ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 21,150 ha | -15.7% |
| 1991 | 9,350 ha | -55.8% |
| 1992 | 18,000 ha | +92.5% |
| 1993 | 19,600 ha | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 19,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 19,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 18,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 17,302 ha | -13.5% |
| 2000 | 18,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 16,107 ha | -12.9% |
| 2002 | 17,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 24,500 ha | +44.1% |
| 2004 | 27,750 ha | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 33,750 ha | +21.6% |
| 2006 | 28,750 ha | -14.8% |
| 2007 | 25,500 ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 23,900 ha | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 19,308 ha | -19.2% |
| 2010 | 17,895 ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 19,103 ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 14,658 ha | -23.3% |
| 2013 | 15,433 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 13,914 ha | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 11,707 ha | -15.9% |
| 2016 | 6,242 ha | -46.7% |
| 2017 | 8,142 ha | +30.4% |
| 2018 | 4,432 ha | -45.6% |
| 2019 | 6,274 ha | +41.6% |
| 2020 | 6,174 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 5,421 ha | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 5,203 ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 4,240 ha | -18.5% |
| 2024 | 3,560 ha | -16.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,037 ha | 8,604 ha | 15,526 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,261 ha | 11,414 ha | 21,596 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,690 ha | 13,500 ha | 25,075 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,090 ha | 9,350 ha | 21,150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,506 ha | 16,107 ha | 33,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,780 ha | 4,432 ha | 19,103 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,920 ha | 3,560 ha | 6,174 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 broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Iraq?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Iraq was 3,560 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 33,750 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,560 ha in 2024.
- How does Iraq rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 18th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.4%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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.