Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 3,169 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Iraq is 3,169 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.1% on the previous year and down 60.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 104,675 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,730 ha, in 2023.
That places Iraq 163rd out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,622 ha | 46,879 ha | 71,340 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,804 ha | 40,088 ha | 71,730 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,156 ha | 30,325 ha | 64,090 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 86,323 ha | 51,975 ha | 104,675 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 65,588 ha | 30,824 ha | 92,050 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,946 ha | 4,237 ha | 43,830 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,603 ha | 2,730 ha | 8,397 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 160 Fiji 3,553 ha compare
- 161 Dominica 3,322 ha compare
- 162 Luxembourg 3,267 ha compare
- 164 Trinidad and Tobago 3,109 ha compare
- 165 New Caledonia 3,042 ha compare
- 166 New Zealand 2,858 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture share gdp 3.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
- Rural population 30.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 14.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2,340 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Iraq?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Iraq was 3,169 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 104,675 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,730 ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 163rd out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.4%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.