Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 7,973 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Iraq is 7,973 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 60.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Iraq peaked at 24,167 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 6,262 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Iraq 86th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,332 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,187 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 14,204 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1964 | 6,262 kg/ha | -55.9% |
| 1965 | 8,000 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1966 | 10,487 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1967 | 10,653 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 12,444 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1969 | 12,767 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 10,897 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1971 | 12,001 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1972 | 9,857 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1973 | 11,891 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1974 | 18,762 kg/ha | +57.8% |
| 1975 | 19,712 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 21,405 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1977 | 15,360 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1978 | 17,214 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 14,026 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1980 | 15,381 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 15,316 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 19,178 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1983 | 18,968 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 21,844 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1985 | 19,705 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1986 | 13,260 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 1987 | 13,423 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 15,868 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1989 | 10,873 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1990 | 13,663 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1991 | 11,940 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1992 | 12,281 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 13,793 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1994 | 13,214 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 13,103 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 12,500 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 11,724 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 11,667 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 12,106 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 12,000 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 15,556 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2002 | 20,769 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2003 | 22,333 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 24,167 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 20,213 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2006 | 20,714 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 18,862 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 17,702 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 20,233 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 18,359 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 18,558 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 20,192 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 20,273 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 19,988 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 8,380 kg/ha | -58.1% |
| 2016 | 7,115 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2017 | 7,454 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 7,993 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 7,032 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 7,684 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 9,126 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2022 | 9,358 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 7,949 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2024 | 7,973 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 7,973 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,590 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 7,973 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 19,445 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,704 kg/ha | 6,262 kg/ha | 14,204 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,112 kg/ha | 9,857 kg/ha | 21,405 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,382 kg/ha | 10,873 kg/ha | 21,844 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,599 kg/ha | 11,667 kg/ha | 13,793 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,255 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 24,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,534 kg/ha | 7,032 kg/ha | 20,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,418 kg/ha | 7,684 kg/ha | 9,358 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 83 Trinidad and Tobago 8,964 kg/ha compare
- 84 Kyrgyzstan 8,717 kg/ha compare
- 85 Thailand 8,577 kg/ha compare
- 87 Philippines 7,935 kg/ha compare
- 88 Grenada 7,682 kg/ha compare
- 89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,401 kg/ha compare
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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Iraq?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Iraq was 7,973 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 24,167 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,262 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Iraq rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Iraq ranks 86th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 — 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.