Green garlic — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Green garlic — Area harvested was 462 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green garlic — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 462 ha for green garlic — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.1% on the previous year and down 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green garlic — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 8,000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 276 ha, in 1976.
Iraq ranks 64th of 102 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green garlic — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 612 ha | — |
| 1962 | 790 ha | +29.1% |
| 1963 | 764 ha | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 605 ha | -20.8% |
| 1965 | 778 ha | +28.6% |
| 1966 | 781 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 890 ha | +14.0% |
| 1968 | 928 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 855 ha | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 975 ha | +14.0% |
| 1971 | 805 ha | -17.4% |
| 1972 | 625 ha | -22.4% |
| 1973 | 616 ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 289 ha | -53.1% |
| 1975 | 410 ha | +41.9% |
| 1976 | 276 ha | -32.7% |
| 1977 | 760 ha | +175.4% |
| 1978 | 567 ha | -25.4% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +76.4% |
| 1980 | 1,875 ha | +87.5% |
| 1981 | 1,450 ha | -22.7% |
| 1982 | 1,250 ha | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 850 ha | -32.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +135.3% |
| 1985 | 2,925 ha | +46.2% |
| 1986 | 3,325 ha | +13.7% |
| 1987 | 1,350 ha | -59.4% |
| 1988 | 1,525 ha | +13.0% |
| 1989 | 2,375 ha | +55.7% |
| 1990 | 1,525 ha | -35.8% |
| 1991 | 1,175 ha | -23.0% |
| 1992 | 2,300 ha | +95.7% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 2,200 ha | +22.2% |
| 1996 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 1,900 ha | -17.4% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 1,660 ha | -17.0% |
| 2000 | 1,539 ha | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 1,509 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 1,827 ha | +21.1% |
| 2003 | 4,750 ha | +160.0% |
| 2004 | 5,250 ha | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 5,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 8,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 2007 | 6,100 ha | -23.8% |
| 2008 | 4,600 ha | -24.6% |
| 2009 | 2,531 ha | -45.0% |
| 2010 | 1,529 ha | -39.6% |
| 2011 | 1,462 ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 1,692 ha | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 1,389 ha | -17.9% |
| 2014 | 1,269 ha | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 550 ha | -56.7% |
| 2016 | 535 ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 401 ha | -25.0% |
| 2018 | 312 ha | -22.2% |
| 2019 | 594 ha | +90.4% |
| 2020 | 643 ha | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 721 ha | +12.1% |
| 2022 | 556 ha | -22.9% |
| 2023 | 544 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 462 ha | -15.1% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 462 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,278 ha, 36% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 462 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 462 ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green garlic — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +175.4% | 276 ha | 760 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 778.11 ha | 605 ha | 928 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 632.3 ha | 276 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,892 ha | 850 ha | 3,325 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,886 ha | 1,175 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,111 ha | 1,509 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 973.3 ha | 312 ha | 1,692 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 585.2 ha | 462 ha | 721 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 green garlic — area harvested in Iraq?
- Green garlic — area harvested in Iraq was 462 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green garlic — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest green garlic — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 276 ha in 1976.
- How does Iraq rank for green garlic — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 64th out of 102 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green garlic — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.6%. 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 Green garlic — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.