Linseed — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Linseed — Yield was 430.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Linseed — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, linseed — yield in Iraq stood at 430.7 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — yield in Iraq peaked at 976 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 154.9 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Iraq 53rd out of 62 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 536.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 554 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 526.4 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 520.8 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 741.6 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1966 | 750.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 789.3 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 772.6 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 709.8 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 824.1 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1971 | 641.4 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1972 | 634.7 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 873.9 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1974 | 789.2 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1975 | 565.2 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1976 | 786.4 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1977 | 154.9 kg/ha | -80.3% |
| 1978 | 976 kg/ha | +530.1% |
| 1979 | 701.8 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1980 | 703.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 500 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1982 | 521.7 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 400 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1984 | 480 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 600 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 545.5 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 545.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 516.7 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 426.7 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1990 | 437.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 454.5 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 489.6 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 539.1 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 526.3 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 498.2 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 508.8 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 517.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 529.9 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 508.5 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 508.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 454.5 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 400 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 383 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 422.3 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 420.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 375 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 421.2 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2008 | 432.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 442 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 452.9 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 464.4 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 500 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 507.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 474.1 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 423.5 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 467.8 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 443.8 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 429.3 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 458 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 450.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 448 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 438.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 434.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 430.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 430.7 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 869.8 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 430.7 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 795.2 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +530.1% | 154.9 kg/ha | 976 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -80.3% | 786.4 kg/ha | 154.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 655.68 kg/ha | 520.8 kg/ha | 789.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 694.76 kg/ha | 154.9 kg/ha | 976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 523.94 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 703.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 500.96 kg/ha | 437.5 kg/ha | 539.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 425.99 kg/ha | 375 kg/ha | 508.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 462.17 kg/ha | 423.5 kg/ha | 507.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 440.36 kg/ha | 430.7 kg/ha | 450.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 50 Czechoslovakia 489.8 kg/ha compare
- 51 Japan 487.8 kg/ha compare
- 52 Ethiopia PDR 466.7 kg/ha compare
- 54 Portugal 400 kg/ha compare
- 55 Belarus 368.4 kg/ha compare
- 56 Uzbekistan 333.3 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 linseed — yield in Iraq?
- Linseed — yield in Iraq was 430.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 976 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest linseed — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 154.9 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Iraq rank for linseed — yield?
- Iraq ranks 53rd out of 62 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Linseed — 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.