Cereals, primary — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Cereals, primary — Production was 24.51 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 24.51 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 24.51 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.10 million t, in 1963.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.30 million t | — |
| 1962 | 4.40 million t | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 4.10 million t | -6.9% |
| 1964 | 4.30 million t | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 5.64 million t | +31.2% |
| 1966 | 6.59 million t | +16.8% |
| 1967 | 5.83 million t | -11.5% |
| 1968 | 6.59 million t | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 6.31 million t | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 6.45 million t | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 5.69 million t | -11.7% |
| 1972 | 6.79 million t | +19.2% |
| 1973 | 6.90 million t | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 6.93 million t | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 8.45 million t | +21.8% |
| 1976 | 9.18 million t | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 8.21 million t | -10.6% |
| 1978 | 8.47 million t | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 8.69 million t | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 8.58 million t | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 9.29 million t | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 10.22 million t | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 9.32 million t | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 10.05 million t | +7.8% |
| 1985 | 10.73 million t | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 11.90 million t | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 12.19 million t | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 12.12 million t | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 10.79 million t | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 13.68 million t | +26.9% |
| 1991 | 14.45 million t | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 16.03 million t | +10.9% |
| 1993 | 16.79 million t | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 16.69 million t | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 17.19 million t | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 16.10 million t | -6.3% |
| 1997 | 15.79 million t | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 18.98 million t | +20.2% |
| 1999 | 14.20 million t | -25.2% |
| 2000 | 12.88 million t | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 14.94 million t | +16.0% |
| 2002 | 19.87 million t | +33.0% |
| 2003 | 20.95 million t | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 21.99 million t | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 21.91 million t | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 22.47 million t | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 24.08 million t | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 12.21 million t | -49.3% |
| 2009 | 17.95 million t | +47.0% |
| 2010 | 19.60 million t | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 15.02 million t | -23.4% |
| 2012 | 15.78 million t | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 16.43 million t | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 17.55 million t | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 18.26 million t | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 22.42 million t | +22.8% |
| 2017 | 19.29 million t | -14.0% |
| 2018 | 20.13 million t | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 22.31 million t | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 22.55 million t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 17.09 million t | -24.2% |
| 2022 | 20.42 million t | +19.5% |
| 2023 | 23.98 million t | +17.4% |
| 2024 | 24.51 million t | +2.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -49.3% | 24.08 million t | 12.21 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.34 million t | 4.10 million t | 6.59 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.58 million t | 5.69 million t | 9.18 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.52 million t | 8.58 million t | 12.19 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.99 million t | 13.68 million t | 18.98 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.93 million t | 12.21 million t | 24.08 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.68 million t | 15.02 million t | 22.42 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.71 million t | 17.09 million t | 24.51 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- 2 China, mainland 651.36 million t compare
- 3 India 391.12 million t compare
- 3 Viet Nam 47.85 million t compare
- 4 Türkiye 39.02 million t compare
- 4 USSR 155.96 million t compare
- 5 Brazil 138.98 million t compare
- 6 Russian Federation 120.40 million t compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 15.47 million t compare
- 7 Argentina 85.73 million t compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.89 million t compare
- 8 Indonesia 68.28 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 4.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.2498 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -7.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 24.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -16.67 % change on previous year (1979)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Cereals, primary — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 24.51 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 24.51 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.10 million t in 1963.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Production. 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.