Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Onions and shallots, green — Yield was 10,942 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 10,942 kg/ha for onions and shallots, green — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — yield in Iraq peaked at 17,870 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5,550 kg/ha, in 1961.
Iraq ranks 43rd of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,550 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,220 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1963 | 7,277 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 6,754 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 8,867 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1966 | 8,411 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1967 | 8,690 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 7,896 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 7,435 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1970 | 8,692 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1971 | 9,797 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1972 | 11,009 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1973 | 8,781 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1974 | 14,067 kg/ha | +60.2% |
| 1975 | 11,429 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1976 | 15,453 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1977 | 11,250 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1978 | 10,622 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 8,338 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1980 | 8,735 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 9,988 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 8,133 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1983 | 10,602 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1984 | 11,935 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1985 | 10,300 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1986 | 10,630 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 9,742 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1988 | 10,793 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 9,817 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1990 | 12,086 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1991 | 9,163 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1992 | 10,769 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1993 | 9,571 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 10,833 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 11,538 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 12,167 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 12,295 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 12,251 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 12,326 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 12,500 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 14,070 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2002 | 14,444 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 14,800 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 10,968 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2005 | 11,628 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 13,684 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2007 | 14,762 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 14,672 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 15,612 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 17,055 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 17,016 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 17,602 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 17,870 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 15,021 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2015 | 10,181 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 2016 | 6,471 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 2017 | 5,666 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2018 | 7,583 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2019 | 8,611 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2020 | 12,363 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 2021 | 11,035 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 10,228 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 10,666 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 10,942 kg/ha | +2.6% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 10,942 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,909 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 10,942 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 21,841 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,567 kg/ha | 5,550 kg/ha | 8,867 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,944 kg/ha | 8,338 kg/ha | 15,453 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,067 kg/ha | 8,133 kg/ha | 11,935 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,300 kg/ha | 9,163 kg/ha | 12,326 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,714 kg/ha | 10,968 kg/ha | 15,612 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,307 kg/ha | 5,666 kg/ha | 17,870 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,047 kg/ha | 10,228 kg/ha | 12,363 kg/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, green — yield in Iraq?
- Onions and shallots, green — yield in Iraq was 10,942 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 17,870 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,550 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for onions and shallots, green — yield?
- Iraq ranks 43rd out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, green — Yield. 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.