Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 14,643 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 14,643 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 129.7% on the previous year and down 53.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 56,750 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 6,374 ha, in 2023.
That places Iraq 17th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,704 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,558 ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 11,140 ha | +16.6% |
| 1964 | 13,394 ha | +20.2% |
| 1965 | 13,941 ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 12,000 ha | -13.9% |
| 1967 | 16,094 ha | +34.1% |
| 1968 | 12,638 ha | -21.5% |
| 1969 | 12,351 ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 13,483 ha | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 15,351 ha | +13.9% |
| 1972 | 15,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 20,610 ha | +36.5% |
| 1974 | 13,831 ha | -32.9% |
| 1975 | 14,076 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 14,417 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 19,750 ha | +37.0% |
| 1978 | 19,968 ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 24,500 ha | +22.7% |
| 1980 | 30,200 ha | +23.3% |
| 1981 | 28,775 ha | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 32,500 ha | +12.9% |
| 1983 | 34,575 ha | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 36,150 ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 45,375 ha | +25.5% |
| 1986 | 40,475 ha | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 38,725 ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 33,225 ha | -14.2% |
| 1989 | 37,100 ha | +11.7% |
| 1990 | 41,950 ha | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 30,375 ha | -27.6% |
| 1992 | 43,000 ha | +41.6% |
| 1993 | 41,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 40,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 39,809 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 38,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 39,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 40,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 56,750 ha | +41.9% |
| 2000 | 49,250 ha | -13.2% |
| 2001 | 49,750 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 55,750 ha | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 41,500 ha | -25.6% |
| 2004 | 53,500 ha | +28.9% |
| 2005 | 55,750 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 49,500 ha | -11.2% |
| 2007 | 44,500 ha | -10.1% |
| 2008 | 44,850 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 43,847 ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 47,061 ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 52,540 ha | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 45,402 ha | -13.6% |
| 2013 | 43,667 ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 31,185 ha | -28.6% |
| 2015 | 20,540 ha | -34.1% |
| 2016 | 12,873 ha | -37.3% |
| 2017 | 13,020 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 13,759 ha | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 17,342 ha | +26.0% |
| 2020 | 23,820 ha | +37.4% |
| 2021 | 21,019 ha | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 20,381 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 6,374 ha | -68.7% |
| 2024 | 14,643 ha | +129.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,202 ha | 8,704 ha | 16,094 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,109 ha | 13,483 ha | 24,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,710 ha | 28,775 ha | 45,375 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,988 ha | 30,375 ha | 56,750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,820 ha | 41,500 ha | 55,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,739 ha | 12,873 ha | 52,540 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,247 ha | 6,374 ha | 23,820 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 14 Kazakhstan 17,154 ha compare
- 15 Mexico 16,056 ha compare
- 16 Yugoslav SFR 15,500 ha compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 9,204 ha compare
- 19 Japan 9,160 ha compare
- 20 Spain 8,620 ha 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)
- 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 cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Iraq?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Iraq was 14,643 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 56,750 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,374 ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 17th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.0%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — 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.