Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 21 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 21 ha for chick peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 600.0% on the previous year and down 95.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 180,436 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
That places Iraq 52nd out of 54 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,766 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,127 ha | -9.4% |
| 1963 | 4,299 ha | -29.8% |
| 1964 | 3,365 ha | -21.7% |
| 1965 | 4,906 ha | +45.8% |
| 1966 | 4,583 ha | -6.6% |
| 1967 | 4,776 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 5,066 ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 5,336 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 5,527 ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 4,938 ha | -10.7% |
| 1972 | 5,863 ha | +18.7% |
| 1973 | 8,292 ha | +41.4% |
| 1974 | 9,554 ha | +15.2% |
| 1975 | 11,543 ha | +20.8% |
| 1976 | 13,675 ha | +18.5% |
| 1977 | 14,956 ha | +9.4% |
| 1978 | 14,373 ha | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 18,125 ha | +26.1% |
| 1980 | 24,050 ha | +32.7% |
| 1981 | 16,675 ha | -30.7% |
| 1982 | 15,700 ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 16,350 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 13,725 ha | -16.1% |
| 1985 | 14,780 ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 16,525 ha | +11.8% |
| 1987 | 3,450 ha | -79.1% |
| 1988 | 2,500 ha | -27.5% |
| 1989 | 2,650 ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 7,075 ha | +167.0% |
| 1991 | 675 ha | -90.5% |
| 1992 | 12,000 ha | +1677.8% |
| 1993 | 20,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1994 | 35,000 ha | +75.0% |
| 1995 | 50,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1996 | 70,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1997 | 94,118 ha | +34.5% |
| 1998 | 80,183 ha | -14.8% |
| 1999 | 67,152 ha | -16.3% |
| 2000 | 85,362 ha | +27.1% |
| 2001 | 149,513 ha | +75.2% |
| 2002 | 180,436 ha | +20.7% |
| 2003 | 180,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 73,806 ha | -59.0% |
| 2005 | 11,750 ha | -84.1% |
| 2006 | 10,000 ha | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 11,500 ha | +15.0% |
| 2008 | 10,500 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 935 ha | -91.1% |
| 2010 | 953 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 957 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,680 ha | +75.5% |
| 2013 | 828 ha | -50.7% |
| 2014 | 480 ha | -42.0% |
| 2015 | 210 ha | -56.2% |
| 2016 | 10 ha | -95.2% |
| 2017 | 1 ha | -90.0% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 194 ha | — |
| 2020 | 13 ha | -93.3% |
| 2021 | 14 ha | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 9 ha | -35.7% |
| 2023 | 3 ha | -66.7% |
| 2024 | 21 ha | +600.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 21 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 773.5 ha, 3% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 21 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,834 ha, 1% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chick peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +1677.8% | 675 ha | 12,000 ha |
| 2024 | +600.0% | 3 ha | 21 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,025 ha | 3,365 ha | 6,766 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,685 ha | 4,938 ha | 18,125 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,640 ha | 2,500 ha | 24,050 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,620 ha | 675 ha | 94,118 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,380 ha | 935 ha | 180,436 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 531.3 ha | 0 ha | 1,680 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12 ha | 3 ha | 21 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 chick peas, dry — area harvested in Iraq?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Iraq was 21 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 180,436 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Iraq rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 52nd out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 95.6%. 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 Chick peas, dry — 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.