Millet — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Millet — Yield was 991.4 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — yield in Iraq is 991.4 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 66.2% on the previous year and down 64.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Iraq peaked at 4,026 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 565 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Iraq 56th out of 86 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.
Millet — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 565 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 615 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 719.3 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1964 | 886 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1965 | 805.8 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 919.5 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1967 | 1,032 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1968 | 995.2 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 932.1 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1970 | 1,042 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1971 | 879.3 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1972 | 923.3 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 861.3 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 748.5 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1975 | 892.7 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1976 | 800.7 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1977 | 697.9 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1978 | 738.4 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 786.9 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 648.6 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1981 | 914.3 kg/ha | +41.0% |
| 1982 | 800 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 717.9 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1984 | 862.1 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1985 | 680.9 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1986 | 756.8 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 1,302 kg/ha | +72.1% |
| 1988 | 865.5 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 1989 | 1,026 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1990 | 615.4 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1991 | 727.3 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1992 | 730.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 781.3 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 803 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 800 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 1,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,143 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 888.9 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2005 | 800 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 1,145 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2008 | 907.6 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2009 | 685.6 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 2010 | 728.6 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 782.9 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 604.7 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2013 | 4,026 kg/ha | +565.8% |
| 2014 | 2,764 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 2015 | 3,038 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 866.7 kg/ha | -71.5% |
| 2017 | 1,143 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 2018 | 1,077 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 835.3 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2020 | 1,565 kg/ha | +87.4% |
| 2021 | 1,287 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2022 | 1,602 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2023 | 2,933 kg/ha | +83.0% |
| 2024 | 991.4 kg/ha | -66.2% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 991.4 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,167 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 991.4 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,305 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +565.8% | 604.7 kg/ha | 4,026 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 829.97 kg/ha | 565 kg/ha | 1,032 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 837.1 kg/ha | 697.9 kg/ha | 1,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 857.4 kg/ha | 648.6 kg/ha | 1,302 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 845.79 kg/ha | 615.4 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 957.03 kg/ha | 685.6 kg/ha | 1,145 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,587 kg/ha | 604.7 kg/ha | 4,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,676 kg/ha | 991.4 kg/ha | 2,933 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 53 Central African Republic 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 53 Republic of Korea 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 55 Serbia 998 kg/ha compare
- 57 Mali 935 kg/ha compare
- 58 Myanmar 912.5 kg/ha compare
- 59 South Sudan 900 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 millet — yield in Iraq?
- Millet — yield in Iraq was 991.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 4,026 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 565 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for millet — yield?
- Iraq ranks 56th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.1%. 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 Millet — 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.