Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 507 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Iraq stood at 507 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 189.7% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Iraq peaked at 892.2 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 175 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Iraq 85th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 239.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 249.6 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 201.6 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1964 | 273 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1965 | 326 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1966 | 299.7 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1967 | 320.4 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 377.2 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1969 | 446.7 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1970 | 486.8 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 436.1 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1972 | 484.5 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 442.8 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1974 | 539.8 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1975 | 514.3 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 468.3 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1977 | 435.9 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 284.7 kg/ha | -34.7% |
| 1979 | 397 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1980 | 380.7 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 451.9 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1982 | 435.8 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 359.1 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1984 | 520.8 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1985 | 406.2 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1986 | 428.7 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 430.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 532.9 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1989 | 445.5 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1990 | 508.9 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1991 | 502.2 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 560 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 476 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1994 | 446.2 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 427.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 600 kg/ha | +40.5% |
| 1997 | 516.9 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1998 | 462.2 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 526.7 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2000 | 584.8 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 565.2 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 596.3 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 595.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 647.5 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 375.9 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2006 | 393.3 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 615 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 2008 | 535.7 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2009 | 629.7 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2010 | 770.4 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2011 | 892.2 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2012 | 465.2 kg/ha | -47.9% |
| 2013 | 485.3 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 568.5 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 604.4 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 605 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 604.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 603.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 604.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 599.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 611.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 805 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2023 | 175 kg/ha | -78.3% |
| 2024 | 507 kg/ha | +189.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 507 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 730.8 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 507 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 507 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +189.7% | 175 kg/ha | 507 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 303.71 kg/ha | 201.6 kg/ha | 446.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 449.02 kg/ha | 284.7 kg/ha | 539.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 439.22 kg/ha | 359.1 kg/ha | 532.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 502.62 kg/ha | 427.1 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 553.92 kg/ha | 375.9 kg/ha | 647.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 620.31 kg/ha | 465.2 kg/ha | 892.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 539.56 kg/ha | 175 kg/ha | 805 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Iraq?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Iraq was 507 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 892.2 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 175 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Iraq ranks 85th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.