Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 495 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in Iraq is 495 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 20.7% on the previous year and down 84.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 3,254 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 283 ha, in 2021.
Iraq ranks 92nd of 133 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.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 444 ha | — |
| 1962 | 387 ha | -12.8% |
| 1963 | 469 ha | +21.2% |
| 1964 | 586 ha | +24.9% |
| 1965 | 682 ha | +16.4% |
| 1966 | 882 ha | +29.3% |
| 1967 | 800 ha | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 922 ha | +15.2% |
| 1969 | 653 ha | -29.2% |
| 1970 | 812 ha | +24.3% |
| 1971 | 850 ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 1,100 ha | +29.4% |
| 1973 | 1,005 ha | -8.6% |
| 1974 | 890 ha | -11.4% |
| 1975 | 1,009 ha | +13.4% |
| 1976 | 916 ha | -9.2% |
| 1977 | 1,122 ha | +22.5% |
| 1978 | 1,043 ha | -7.0% |
| 1979 | 1,225 ha | +17.4% |
| 1980 | 1,550 ha | +26.5% |
| 1981 | 975 ha | -37.1% |
| 1982 | 775 ha | -20.5% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | -22.6% |
| 1984 | 1,175 ha | +95.8% |
| 1985 | 1,125 ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 950 ha | -15.6% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 1,875 ha | +87.5% |
| 1989 | 950 ha | -49.3% |
| 1990 | 1,075 ha | +13.2% |
| 1991 | 825 ha | -23.3% |
| 1992 | 950 ha | +15.2% |
| 1993 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 950 ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 980 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 839 ha | -20.1% |
| 2000 | 1,150 ha | +37.1% |
| 2001 | 950 ha | -17.4% |
| 2002 | 900 ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 2,500 ha | +177.8% |
| 2004 | 2,750 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 3,250 ha | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 3,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,250 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 2,350 ha | -27.7% |
| 2010 | 2,175 ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 1,892 ha | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 2,931 ha | +54.9% |
| 2013 | 2,558 ha | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 3,254 ha | +27.2% |
| 2015 | 703 ha | -78.4% |
| 2016 | 459 ha | -34.7% |
| 2017 | 2,700 ha | +488.2% |
| 2018 | 1,800 ha | -33.3% |
| 2019 | 2,138 ha | +18.8% |
| 2020 | 2,411 ha | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 283 ha | -88.3% |
| 2022 | 312 ha | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 410 ha | +31.4% |
| 2024 | 495 ha | +20.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 495 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,825 ha, 18% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 495 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 699 ha, 71% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +488.2% | 459 ha | 2,700 ha |
| 2003 | +177.8% | 900 ha | 2,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 647.22 ha | 387 ha | 922 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 997.2 ha | 812 ha | 1,225 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,098 ha | 600 ha | 1,875 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 966.9 ha | 825 ha | 1,075 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,310 ha | 900 ha | 3,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,061 ha | 459 ha | 3,254 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 782.2 ha | 283 ha | 2,411 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Iraq?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Iraq was 495 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 3,254 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 283 ha in 2021.
- How does Iraq rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 92nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.8%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.