Dates — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Dates — Yield was 2,287 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Iraq, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Iraq stood at 2,287 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Iraq peaked at 8,936 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,251 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Iraq 34th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3,716 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 3,555 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 2,997 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1988 | 3,447 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1989 | 4,071 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1990 | 4,412 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1991 | 4,895 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1992 | 3,861 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 4,504 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 4,096 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 5,244 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1996 | 4,531 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 4,808 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 6,340 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1999 | 8,489 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 2000 | 8,473 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 8,936 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 8,532 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 8,552 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 8,209 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 8,081 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 4,260 kg/ha | -47.3% |
| 2007 | 4,103 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 4,330 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 4,995 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 4,615 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 5,025 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 4,768 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 3,459 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2014 | 2,790 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2015 | 2,754 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 2,523 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 2,438 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 2,251 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 2,592 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2020 | 3,001 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2021 | 2,689 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 2,473 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 2,375 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 2,287 kg/ha | -3.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 2,287 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,190 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 2,287 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,369 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,557 kg/ha | 2,997 kg/ha | 4,071 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 5,118 kg/ha | 3,861 kg/ha | 8,489 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,847 kg/ha | 4,103 kg/ha | 8,936 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,322 kg/ha | 2,251 kg/ha | 5,025 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,565 kg/ha | 2,287 kg/ha | 3,001 kg/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 — yield in Iraq?
- Dates — yield in Iraq was 2,287 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 8,936 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,251 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Iraq rank for dates — yield?
- Iraq ranks 34th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Dates — Yield. 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.