Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 2,831 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Iraq stood at 2,831 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 69.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 32,500 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,820 ha, in 2018.
Iraq ranks 85th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,575 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,847 ha | +34.6% |
| 1963 | 9,020 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 9,624 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 11,392 ha | +18.4% |
| 1966 | 12,039 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 13,554 ha | +12.6% |
| 1968 | 13,589 ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 13,702 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 12,416 ha | -9.4% |
| 1971 | 15,670 ha | +26.2% |
| 1972 | 13,670 ha | -12.8% |
| 1973 | 14,655 ha | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 13,213 ha | -9.8% |
| 1975 | 13,392 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 9,718 ha | -27.4% |
| 1977 | 10,526 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 10,213 ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 8,200 ha | -19.7% |
| 1980 | 17,575 ha | +114.3% |
| 1981 | 18,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 13,550 ha | -24.7% |
| 1983 | 8,275 ha | -38.9% |
| 1984 | 10,250 ha | +23.9% |
| 1985 | 19,900 ha | +94.1% |
| 1986 | 15,650 ha | -21.4% |
| 1987 | 13,250 ha | -15.3% |
| 1988 | 13,375 ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 15,100 ha | +12.9% |
| 1990 | 15,775 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 5,825 ha | -63.1% |
| 1992 | 8,500 ha | +45.9% |
| 1993 | 7,839 ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 7,362 ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 8,500 ha | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 10,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1997 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 18,250 ha | +21.7% |
| 2000 | 16,250 ha | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 32,500 ha | +100.0% |
| 2002 | 15,500 ha | -52.3% |
| 2003 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 12,750 ha | -20.3% |
| 2005 | 19,750 ha | +54.9% |
| 2006 | 13,250 ha | -32.9% |
| 2007 | 15,400 ha | +16.2% |
| 2008 | 13,850 ha | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 6,245 ha | -54.9% |
| 2010 | 5,869 ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 11,793 ha | +100.9% |
| 2012 | 13,215 ha | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 14,997 ha | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 9,322 ha | -37.8% |
| 2015 | 2,589 ha | -72.2% |
| 2016 | 1,867 ha | -27.9% |
| 2017 | 2,130 ha | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 1,820 ha | -14.6% |
| 2019 | 3,813 ha | +109.5% |
| 2020 | 8,210 ha | +115.3% |
| 2021 | 8,911 ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 8,228 ha | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 2,810 ha | -65.8% |
| 2024 | 2,831 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,927 ha | 6,575 ha | 13,702 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,167 ha | 8,200 ha | 15,670 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,492 ha | 8,275 ha | 19,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,905 ha | 5,825 ha | 18,250 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,150 ha | 6,245 ha | 32,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,742 ha | 1,820 ha | 14,997 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,198 ha | 2,810 ha | 8,911 ha | 5 |
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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 onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Iraq?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Iraq was 2,831 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 32,500 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,820 ha in 2018.
- How does Iraq rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 85th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.6%. 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 Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested. 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.