Dates — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Dates — Area harvested was 256,758 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Iraq, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 256,758 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 287,020 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 50,000 ha, in 2005.
Iraq ranks 2nd of 37 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 105,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 122,130 ha | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 107,970 ha | -11.6% |
| 1988 | 103,370 ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 119,970 ha | +16.1% |
| 1990 | 123,510 ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 115,670 ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 116,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 136,000 ha | +17.2% |
| 1994 | 165,000 ha | +21.3% |
| 1995 | 168,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 176,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 156,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 1998 | 144,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 90,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 2000 | 110,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 2001 | 101,500 ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 101,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 101,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 54,623 ha | -46.2% |
| 2005 | 50,000 ha | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 101,500 ha | +103.0% |
| 2007 | 105,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 101,500 ha | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 123,000 ha | +21.2% |
| 2011 | 123,230 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 137,458 ha | +11.5% |
| 2013 | 195,464 ha | +42.2% |
| 2014 | 237,394 ha | +21.5% |
| 2015 | 218,750 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 243,863 ha | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 253,799 ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 287,020 ha | +13.1% |
| 2019 | 246,615 ha | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 245,030 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 279,000 ha | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 284,552 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 259,089 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 256,758 ha | -0.9% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 256,758 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,495 ha, 57.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 256,758 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 8.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +103.0% | 50,000 ha | 101,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 111,688 ha | 103,370 ha | 122,130 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 139,018 ha | 90,000 ha | 176,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,712 ha | 50,000 ha | 110,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 206,659 ha | 123,000 ha | 287,020 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 264,886 ha | 245,030 ha | 284,552 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
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 dates — area harvested in Iraq?
- Dates — area harvested in Iraq was 256,758 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 287,020 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 ha in 2005.
- How does Iraq rank for dates — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 2nd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. 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 Dates — 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.