Okra — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Okra — Yield was 8,164 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Okra — Yield in Iraq, 1978–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 8,164 kg/ha for okra — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.2% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Iraq peaked at 8,649 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 3,098 kg/ha, in 2015.
Iraq ranks 29th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 7,406 kg/ha | — |
| 1979 | 6,088 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1980 | 5,331 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1981 | 6,393 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1982 | 7,063 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1983 | 7,217 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 7,995 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 7,472 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 7,006 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 5,423 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1988 | 7,349 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1989 | 7,910 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 8,455 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 7,798 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1992 | 8,611 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1993 | 8,649 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 8,634 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 8,649 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 8,611 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 8,108 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 8,210 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 7,456 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 5,312 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 2001 | 6,129 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2002 | 6,364 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 7,091 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 6,713 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 6,974 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 6,757 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 6,276 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 6,552 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 7,541 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2010 | 7,741 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 7,957 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 7,409 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 7,756 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 7,402 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 3,098 kg/ha | -58.2% |
| 2016 | 5,253 kg/ha | +69.6% |
| 2017 | 5,586 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 5,466 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 5,400 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 5,844 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 7,473 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2022 | 6,340 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2023 | 7,406 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2024 | 8,164 kg/ha | +10.2% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 8,164 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,925 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 8,164 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,810 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6,747 kg/ha | 6,088 kg/ha | 7,406 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1980s | 6,916 kg/ha | 5,331 kg/ha | 7,995 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,318 kg/ha | 7,456 kg/ha | 8,649 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,571 kg/ha | 5,312 kg/ha | 7,541 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,307 kg/ha | 3,098 kg/ha | 7,957 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,045 kg/ha | 5,844 kg/ha | 8,164 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 26 Sri Lanka 9,185 kg/ha compare
- 27 Puerto Rico 8,858 kg/ha compare
- 28 Mauritius 8,666 kg/ha compare
- 30 Qatar 7,955 kg/ha compare
- 31 Bangladesh 7,830 kg/ha compare
- 32 Burkina Faso 7,649 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 okra — yield in Iraq?
- Okra — yield in Iraq was 8,164 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 8,649 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,098 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Iraq rank for okra — yield?
- Iraq ranks 29th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Okra — 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.