Oats — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Oats — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — area harvested in Iraq is 0 ha, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 1,600 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Iraq ranks 77th of 79 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1979 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 1,150 ha | -28.1% |
| 1981 | 950 ha | -17.4% |
| 1982 | 1,175 ha | +23.7% |
| 1983 | 725 ha | -38.3% |
| 1984 | 650 ha | -10.3% |
| 1985 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 950 ha | +46.2% |
| 1987 | 1,050 ha | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 1,125 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 1,250 ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 1,325 ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 150 ha | -88.7% |
| 1992 | 550 ha | +266.7% |
| 1993 | 536 ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 540 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 550 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 580 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 504 ha | -22.5% |
| 2000 | 600 ha | +19.0% |
| 2001 | 470 ha | -21.7% |
| 2002 | 500 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 280 ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 250 ha | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 200 ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 100 ha | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 213 ha | +113.0% |
| 2010 | 161 ha | -24.4% |
| 2011 | 180 ha | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 188 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 201 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 150 ha | -25.4% |
| 2015 | 119 ha | -20.7% |
| 2016 | 83 ha | -30.3% |
| 2017 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 1 ha | — |
| 2019 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha | — |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 0 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,412 ha. (22 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 0 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 896 ha. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +266.7% | 150 ha | 550 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 310 ha | 0 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 967.5 ha | 650 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 598.5 ha | 150 ha | 1,325 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 331.3 ha | 100 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 108.3 ha | 0 ha | 201 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
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 oats — area harvested in Iraq?
- Oats — area harvested in Iraq was 0 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for oats — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 77th out of 79 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. 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 Oats — 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.