Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 2,688 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Iraq is 2,688 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 61.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 6,921 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 800 ha, in 1961.
That places Iraq 33rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,235 ha | 800 ha | 3,201 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,128 ha | 1,925 ha | 4,803 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,319 ha | 1,900 ha | 4,718 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,912 ha | 2,168 ha | 4,450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,287 ha | 2,500 ha | 6,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,826 ha | 3,203 ha | 6,921 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,485 ha | 2,688 ha | 4,143 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Iraq?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Iraq was 2,688 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 6,921 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 33rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory — 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.