Oats — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Oats — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Yield in Iraq, 1978–2018
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2018, oats — yield in Iraq stood at 1,000 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 53.9% on the previous year and down 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Iraq peaked at 4,160 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 761.2 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places Iraq 72nd out of 78 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 800 kg/ha | — |
| 1979 | 937.5 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1980 | 1,044 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1981 | 842.1 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1982 | 851.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 827.6 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 769.2 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 1,077 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1986 | 1,053 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 857.1 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1988 | 977.8 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1989 | 1,200 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1990 | 1,057 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 1,186 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1993 | 761.2 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 1994 | 925.9 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1995 | 927.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 896.6 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 883.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 846.2 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 1,032 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2000 | 800 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2001 | 1,070 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 2002 | 800 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2003 | 1,218 kg/ha | +52.3% |
| 2004 | 1,389 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 1,607 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2006 | 2,000 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2007 | 3,500 kg/ha | +75.0% |
| 2008 | 3,000 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 1,883 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 2010 | 2,273 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2011 | 2,639 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2012 | 2,883 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 3,134 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 4,160 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 2015 | 3,138 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2016 | 2,169 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 2018 | 1,000 kg/ha | -53.9% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 1,000 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,770 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 1,000 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 838.8 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 868.75 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 937.5 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1980s | 949.79 kg/ha | 769.2 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 951.41 kg/ha | 761.2 kg/ha | 1,186 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,727 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,675 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 4,160 kg/ha | 8 |
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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 oats — yield in Iraq?
- Oats — yield in Iraq was 1,000 kg/ha in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 4,160 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 761.2 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Iraq rank for oats — yield?
- Iraq ranks 72nd out of 78 countries with data for 2018.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. 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 — Yield. 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.