Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production in Iraq
Iraq: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production was 5,224 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production in Iraq, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals - excluding beer — production in Iraq stood at 5,224 1000 t.
The figure is up 40.3% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — production in Iraq peaked at 8,885 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,615 1000 t, in 2018.
That places Iraq 58th out of 181 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production in Iraq, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,362 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 4,270 1000 t | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 4,791 1000 t | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 6,499 1000 t | +35.7% |
| 2014 | 7,049 1000 t | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 3,471 1000 t | -50.8% |
| 2016 | 4,013 1000 t | +15.6% |
| 2017 | 3,734 1000 t | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 2,615 1000 t | -30.0% |
| 2019 | 6,914 1000 t | +164.4% |
| 2020 | 8,885 1000 t | +28.5% |
| 2021 | 5,302 1000 t | -40.3% |
| 2022 | 3,724 1000 t | -29.8% |
| 2023 | 5,224 1000 t | +40.3% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 5,224 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,166 1000 t, 2.4× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 5,224 1000 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 333.5 1000 t, 15.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,772 1000 t | 2,615 1000 t | 7,049 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,784 1000 t | 3,724 1000 t | 8,885 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
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 — production in Iraq?
- Cereals - excluding beer — production in Iraq was 5,224 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — production recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 8,885 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — production recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,615 1000 t in 2018.
- How does Iraq rank for cereals - excluding beer — production?
- Iraq ranks 58th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — production rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. 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 Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production. 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.