Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 9,763 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Iraq is 9,763 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Iraq peaked at 10,429 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4,847 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Iraq 118th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,479 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,494 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1963 | 6,426 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 6,891 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 6,638 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 6,053 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1967 | 4,847 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1968 | 6,171 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1969 | 9,878 kg/ha | +60.1% |
| 1970 | 9,568 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 8,468 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1972 | 8,609 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 6,506 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1974 | 6,721 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 7,603 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1976 | 7,060 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 8,081 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 7,943 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 6,886 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1980 | 7,358 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 8,323 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1982 | 8,542 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 8,214 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 9,898 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1985 | 9,047 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1986 | 9,090 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 8,341 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1988 | 8,756 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 9,240 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 8,625 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 9,800 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1992 | 8,721 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 8,537 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 8,500 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 8,666 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 9,000 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 8,718 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 8,600 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 7,242 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2000 | 7,919 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 7,256 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2002 | 8,879 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2003 | 8,892 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 8,094 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 9,435 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2006 | 8,303 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2007 | 9,490 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 8,495 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 9,600 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 9,177 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 9,433 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 9,112 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 9,289 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 8,754 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 7,611 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 7,107 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 7,424 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 10,056 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2019 | 8,609 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2020 | 10,185 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2021 | 8,825 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2022 | 9,613 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 10,429 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 9,763 kg/ha | -6.4% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 9,763 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,413 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 9,763 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 45,075 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,542 kg/ha | 4,847 kg/ha | 9,878 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,745 kg/ha | 6,506 kg/ha | 9,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,681 kg/ha | 7,358 kg/ha | 9,898 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,641 kg/ha | 7,242 kg/ha | 9,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,636 kg/ha | 7,256 kg/ha | 9,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,657 kg/ha | 7,107 kg/ha | 10,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,763 kg/ha | 8,825 kg/ha | 10,429 kg/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 cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Iraq?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Iraq was 9,763 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 10,429 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,847 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Iraq rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Iraq ranks 118th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.