Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 517,279 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 517,279 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 538,637 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 46,791 ha, in 1961.
That places Iraq 23rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,791 ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,932 ha | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 51,471 ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 61,025 ha | +18.6% |
| 1965 | 65,500 ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 69,665 ha | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 74,410 ha | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 74,300 ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 80,798 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 78,755 ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 89,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1972 | 90,750 ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 87,068 ha | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 72,836 ha | -16.3% |
| 1975 | 75,546 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 90,479 ha | +19.8% |
| 1977 | 89,873 ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 88,011 ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 75,375 ha | -14.4% |
| 1980 | 87,050 ha | +15.5% |
| 1981 | 92,850 ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 104,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1983 | 99,150 ha | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 101,125 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 299,610 ha | +196.3% |
| 1986 | 307,150 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 283,065 ha | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 268,290 ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 299,515 ha | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 302,446 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 266,413 ha | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 294,351 ha | +10.5% |
| 1993 | 326,655 ha | +11.0% |
| 1994 | 323,823 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 317,988 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 322,287 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 303,194 ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 295,973 ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 243,881 ha | -17.6% |
| 2000 | 264,703 ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 255,420 ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 230,009 ha | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 236,788 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 196,578 ha | -17.0% |
| 2005 | 194,571 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 249,755 ha | +28.4% |
| 2007 | 244,079 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 252,509 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 241,320 ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 248,140 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 260,456 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 291,180 ha | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 369,539 ha | +26.9% |
| 2014 | 395,863 ha | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 320,323 ha | -19.1% |
| 2016 | 366,066 ha | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 385,569 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 426,106 ha | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 500,717 ha | +17.5% |
| 2020 | 507,360 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 538,637 ha | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 518,118 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 502,706 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 517,279 ha | +2.9% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 517,279 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 7.4× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 517,279 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 71,505 ha, 7.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +196.3% | 101,125 ha | 299,610 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,655 ha | 46,791 ha | 80,798 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 83,769 ha | 72,836 ha | 90,750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 194,230 ha | 87,050 ha | 307,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 299,701 ha | 243,881 ha | 326,655 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 236,573 ha | 194,571 ha | 264,703 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 356,396 ha | 248,140 ha | 500,717 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 516,820 ha | 502,706 ha | 538,637 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,073 ha compare
- 20 Yugoslav SFR 589,138 ha compare
- 21 Algeria 534,105 ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 1.10 million ha compare
- 22 Peru 522,447 ha compare
- 24 Bangladesh 512,417 ha compare
- 25 Myanmar 494,653 ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 832,923 ha compare
- 26 Ghana 469,605 ha compare
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 fruit primary — area harvested in Iraq?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Iraq was 517,279 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 538,637 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,791 ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 23rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — 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.