Lentils, dry — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,200 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lentils, dry — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lentils, dry — yield in Iraq stood at 1,200 kg/ha.
The figure is down 10.1% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Iraq peaked at 4,000 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 425 kg/ha, in 1970.
Iraq ranks 20th of 59 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.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 626.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 672.6 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 640.8 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1964 | 665 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 703 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 636.8 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1967 | 638.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 709.5 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1969 | 837 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1970 | 425 kg/ha | -49.2% |
| 1971 | 476.9 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1972 | 639.1 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1973 | 567.8 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1974 | 646 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 937.7 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 1976 | 901.9 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 928.5 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 877.4 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 1,012 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 828.6 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1981 | 860.6 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 862.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 807.9 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 622.6 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1985 | 698.1 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1986 | 714.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 764.7 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 780.5 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 625 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1990 | 769.2 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1991 | 640 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1992 | 666.7 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 727.3 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 692.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 633.3 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 611.1 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 600 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 793.6 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 2000 | 727.3 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 1,000 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2002 | 666.7 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2003 | 1,333 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2004 | 900 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2005 | 888.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 1,744 kg/ha | +96.2% |
| 2007 | 1,161 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 2008 | 1,319 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 1,504 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 1,520 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,398 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 949.7 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 2013 | 777.8 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2014 | 1,480 kg/ha | +90.3% |
| 2015 | 4,000 kg/ha | +170.3% |
| 2016 | 750 kg/ha | -81.2% |
| 2017 | 1,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,290 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 2020 | 750 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2021 | 1,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2022 | 1,500 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2023 | 1,335 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2024 | 1,200 kg/ha | -10.1% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 1,200 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,116 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 1,200 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 807.55 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +170.3% | 1,480 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 681.07 kg/ha | 626.6 kg/ha | 837 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 741.18 kg/ha | 425 kg/ha | 1,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 756.5 kg/ha | 622.6 kg/ha | 862.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 680.02 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 793.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,124 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 1,744 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,417 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,157 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 1,500 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 lentils, dry — yield in Iraq?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Iraq was 1,200 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 425 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Iraq rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Iraq ranks 20th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. 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 Lentils, dry — Yield. 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.