Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 1,662 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 1,662 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 12,500 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Iraq ranks 77th of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 3 ha | — |
| 1965 | 15 ha | +400.0% |
| 1966 | 146 ha | +873.3% |
| 1967 | 287 ha | +96.6% |
| 1968 | 211 ha | -26.5% |
| 1969 | 203 ha | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 39 ha | -80.8% |
| 1971 | 50 ha | +28.2% |
| 1972 | 354 ha | +608.0% |
| 1973 | 560 ha | +58.2% |
| 1974 | 260 ha | -53.6% |
| 1975 | 226 ha | -13.1% |
| 1976 | 228 ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 185 ha | -18.9% |
| 1978 | 269 ha | +45.4% |
| 1979 | 175 ha | -34.9% |
| 1980 | 150 ha | -14.3% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | -33.3% |
| 1982 | 75 ha | -25.0% |
| 1983 | 150 ha | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 125 ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 25 ha | -80.0% |
| 1987 | 125 ha | +400.0% |
| 1988 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 90 ha | -28.0% |
| 1990 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 125 ha | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 130 ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 300 ha | +130.8% |
| 1994 | 800 ha | +166.7% |
| 1995 | 1,500 ha | +87.5% |
| 1996 | 2,800 ha | +86.7% |
| 1997 | 3,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 6,000 ha | +87.5% |
| 1999 | 6,300 ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 6,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 8,500 ha | +21.4% |
| 2003 | 11,000 ha | +29.4% |
| 2004 | 11,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 11,750 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 12,500 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 12,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 1,750 ha | -85.4% |
| 2009 | 6,000 ha | +242.9% |
| 2010 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 2011 | 5,465 ha | +36.6% |
| 2012 | 1,546 ha | -71.7% |
| 2013 | 1,410 ha | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 1,399 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,683 ha | +20.3% |
| 2016 | 1,510 ha | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 1,531 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 1,574 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 1,667 ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 1,550 ha | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 1,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,671 ha | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 1,708 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 1,662 ha | -2.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 1,662 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 63% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 1,662 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,290 ha, 73% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +873.3% | 15 ha | 146 ha |
| 1972 | +608.0% | 50 ha | 354 ha |
| 1965 | +400.0% | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 1987 | +400.0% | 25 ha | 125 ha |
| 2009 | +242.9% | 1,750 ha | 6,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96.11 ha | 0 ha | 287 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 234.6 ha | 39 ha | 560 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 109 ha | 25 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,126 ha | 100 ha | 6,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,825 ha | 1,750 ha | 12,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,178 ha | 1,399 ha | 5,465 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,628 ha | 1,550 ha | 1,708 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Iraq?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Iraq was 1,662 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 12,500 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 77th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.