Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 55 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 55 ha for cow peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 73.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 9,482 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 27 ha, in 2017.
Iraq ranks 44th of 47 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 4,975 ha | +38.2% |
| 1964 | 6,019 ha | +21.0% |
| 1965 | 6,384 ha | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 6,391 ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 9,482 ha | +48.4% |
| 1968 | 7,564 ha | -20.2% |
| 1969 | 6,545 ha | -13.5% |
| 1970 | 7,019 ha | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 4,750 ha | -32.3% |
| 1972 | 3,750 ha | -21.1% |
| 1973 | 3,255 ha | -13.2% |
| 1974 | 2,781 ha | -14.6% |
| 1975 | 1,180 ha | -57.6% |
| 1976 | 463 ha | -60.8% |
| 1977 | 655 ha | +41.5% |
| 1978 | 683 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 725 ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 725 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 725 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 725 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 725 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 725 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 750 ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 710 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 730 ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 750 ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 600 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 750 ha | +25.0% |
| 1993 | 760 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 755 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 750 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 740 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 700 ha | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 650 ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 590 ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 560 ha | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 520 ha | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 480 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 450 ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 440 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 400 ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 380 ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 370 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 350 ha | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 330 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 310 ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 295 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 233 ha | -21.0% |
| 2013 | 204 ha | -12.4% |
| 2014 | 210 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 86 ha | -59.0% |
| 2016 | 79 ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 27 ha | -65.8% |
| 2018 | 64 ha | +137.0% |
| 2019 | 56 ha | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 49 ha | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 56 ha | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 54 ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 53 ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 55 ha | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,029 ha | 3,300 ha | 9,482 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,526 ha | 463 ha | 7,019 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 726.5 ha | 700 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 704.5 ha | 590 ha | 760 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 428 ha | 330 ha | 560 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 156.4 ha | 27 ha | 310 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.4 ha | 49 ha | 56 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — area harvested in Iraq?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Iraq was 55 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 9,482 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 ha in 2017.
- How does Iraq rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 44th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.8%. 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 Cow peas, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.