Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Iraq
Iraq: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 962 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Iraq, 2016–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Iraq stood at 962 ha. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 204.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Iraq peaked at 962 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 316 ha, in 2016.
That places Iraq 39th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 316 ha | — |
| 2017 | 545 ha | +72.5% |
| 2018 | 357 ha | -34.5% |
| 2019 | 671 ha | +88.0% |
| 2020 | 757 ha | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 928 ha | +22.6% |
| 2022 | 900 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 962 ha | +6.9% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 962 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 73% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 962 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 962 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 472.25 ha | 316 ha | 671 ha | 4 |
| 2020s | 889.4 ha | 757 ha | 962 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Iraq?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Iraq was 962 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 962 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 316 ha in 2016.
- How does Iraq rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Iraq ranks 39th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 204.4%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.