Fruit Primary — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Fruit Primary — Yield was 3,398 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — yield in Iraq is 3,398 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Iraq peaked at 24,436 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 3,286 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Iraq 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,602 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,137 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1963 | 16,868 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1964 | 15,976 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 15,103 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 16,483 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 15,817 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 14,875 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 17,397 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1970 | 15,396 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1971 | 16,438 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 14,272 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 15,342 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 16,889 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1975 | 19,576 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1976 | 18,330 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 22,530 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1978 | 22,529 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 24,436 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 20,425 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1981 | 18,916 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 19,625 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 19,924 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 20,910 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 8,542 kg/ha | -59.1% |
| 1986 | 7,488 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1987 | 7,516 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 7,645 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 8,135 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 7,921 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 7,469 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 7,266 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 7,248 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 6,979 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 7,885 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1996 | 7,450 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 7,636 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 8,533 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 10,245 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2000 | 9,774 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 10,231 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 10,514 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 9,720 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 8,767 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 8,753 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 7,097 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2007 | 6,818 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 6,408 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 6,248 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 6,221 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 6,211 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 6,078 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 5,088 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2014 | 4,270 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 3,463 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2016 | 3,357 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 3,340 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 3,472 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 4,143 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2020 | 4,600 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 4,293 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 4,244 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 3,286 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2024 | 3,398 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 3,398 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11,381 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 3,398 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 12,298 kg/ha, 28% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | -59.1% | 20,910 kg/ha | 8,542 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,473 kg/ha | 14,875 kg/ha | 19,137 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,574 kg/ha | 14,272 kg/ha | 24,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,913 kg/ha | 7,488 kg/ha | 20,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,863 kg/ha | 6,979 kg/ha | 10,245 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,433 kg/ha | 6,248 kg/ha | 10,514 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,564 kg/ha | 3,340 kg/ha | 6,221 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,964 kg/ha | 3,286 kg/ha | 4,600 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 fruit primary — yield in Iraq?
- Fruit primary — yield in Iraq was 3,398 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 24,436 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,286 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Iraq ranks 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. 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 — 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.