Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 100,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 100,000 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.6% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 196,938 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Iraq 77th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 4,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 9,000 ha | +87.5% |
| 1972 | 12,500 ha | +38.9% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 7,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1975 | 9,445 ha | +34.9% |
| 1976 | 27,355 ha | +189.6% |
| 1977 | 31,590 ha | +15.5% |
| 1978 | 32,725 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 23,475 ha | -28.3% |
| 1980 | 23,700 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 17,625 ha | -25.6% |
| 1982 | 11,925 ha | -32.3% |
| 1983 | 15,000 ha | +25.8% |
| 1984 | 18,803 ha | +25.4% |
| 1985 | 21,417 ha | +13.9% |
| 1986 | 26,525 ha | +23.9% |
| 1987 | 31,225 ha | +17.7% |
| 1988 | 49,150 ha | +57.4% |
| 1989 | 46,225 ha | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 69,275 ha | +49.9% |
| 1991 | 107,975 ha | +55.9% |
| 1992 | 129,700 ha | +20.1% |
| 1993 | 145,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1994 | 60,000 ha | -58.6% |
| 1995 | 63,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 60,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 61,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 61,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 60,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 72,750 ha | +21.2% |
| 2001 | 98,250 ha | +35.1% |
| 2002 | 101,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 95,250 ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 185,000 ha | +94.2% |
| 2005 | 173,750 ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 164,500 ha | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 155,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 122,575 ha | -20.9% |
| 2009 | 114,050 ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 113,075 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 128,736 ha | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 150,516 ha | +16.9% |
| 2013 | 196,938 ha | +30.8% |
| 2014 | 84,574 ha | -57.1% |
| 2015 | 57,260 ha | -32.3% |
| 2016 | 66,738 ha | +16.6% |
| 2017 | 52,012 ha | -22.1% |
| 2018 | 50,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 100,594 ha | +101.2% |
| 2020 | 90,522 ha | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 78,042 ha | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 82,844 ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 88,812 ha | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 100,000 ha | +12.6% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 100,000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 1.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 100,000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,890 ha, 52.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +189.6% | 9,445 ha | 27,355 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,922 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,789 ha | 4,800 ha | 32,725 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,160 ha | 11,925 ha | 49,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,695 ha | 60,000 ha | 145,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 128,262 ha | 72,750 ha | 185,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 100,044 ha | 50,000 ha | 196,938 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 88,044 ha | 78,042 ha | 100,000 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Iraq?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Iraq was 100,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 196,938 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 77th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.