Oranges — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Oranges — Area harvested was 134,561 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oranges — Area harvested in Iraq, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 134,561 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 135.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 134,561 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26,500 ha, in 2001.
That places Iraq 8th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oranges — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 31,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 35,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 1987 | 34,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 32,500 ha | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 36,500 ha | +12.3% |
| 1990 | 40,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 49,884 ha | +24.7% |
| 1992 | 60,000 ha | +20.3% |
| 1993 | 65,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 44,039 ha | -32.2% |
| 1995 | 32,000 ha | -27.3% |
| 1996 | 30,548 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 29,632 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 30,702 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 30,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 28,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 26,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 26,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 26,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 26,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 26,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 26,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 26,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 34,500 ha | +30.2% |
| 2009 | 37,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 37,219 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 42,057 ha | +13.0% |
| 2012 | 44,647 ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 54,638 ha | +22.4% |
| 2014 | 57,073 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 40,611 ha | -28.8% |
| 2016 | 52,339 ha | +28.9% |
| 2017 | 55,485 ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 54,331 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 100,000 ha | +84.1% |
| 2020 | 104,220 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 103,990 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 94,722 ha | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 129,886 ha | +37.1% |
| 2024 | 134,561 ha | +3.6% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 134,561 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,821 ha, 35.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 134,561 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,968 ha, 33.9× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested in Iraq changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +84.1% | 54,331 ha | 100,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 33,800 ha | 31,000 ha | 36,500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 41,180 ha | 29,632 ha | 65,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,550 ha | 26,500 ha | 37,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,840 ha | 37,219 ha | 100,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 113,476 ha | 94,722 ha | 134,561 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 5 India 240,170 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,868 ha compare
- 6 Egypt 173,711 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 51,835 ha compare
- 7 Spain 142,480 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 28,301 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 23,717 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 23,003 ha compare
- 9 Italy 85,010 ha compare
- 10 Indonesia 67,530 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22,467 ha compare
- 11 Algeria 49,464 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 oranges — area harvested in Iraq?
- Oranges — area harvested in Iraq was 134,561 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 134,561 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,500 ha in 2001.
- How does Iraq rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 8th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.8%. 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 Oranges — 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.