Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Iraq
Iraq: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,605 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Iraq, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Iraq stood at 1,605 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 12.6% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Iraq peaked at 1,605 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,425 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
That places Iraq 13th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,491 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,510 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,492 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 1,475 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,514 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 1,483 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,469 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,510 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 1,505 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,531 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 1,534 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,586 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 1,425 kcal/cap/d | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 1,605 kcal/cap/d | +12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,498 kcal/cap/d | 1,469 kcal/cap/d | 1,531 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,538 kcal/cap/d | 1,425 kcal/cap/d | 1,605 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 10 Senegal 1,649 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,185 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Afghanistan 1,641 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,096 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 China, mainland 1,612 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 1,026 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 970.75 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Azerbaijan 1,596 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Polynesia 916.9 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 China 1,595 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Burkina Faso 1,592 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Micronesia 819.85 kcal/cap/d compare
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 cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Iraq?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Iraq was 1,605 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 1,605 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,425 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Iraq rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Iraq ranks 13th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.