Plums and sloes — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Plums and sloes — Yield was 6,838 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Iraq, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — yield in Iraq is 6,838 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Iraq peaked at 7,676 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,500 kg/ha, in 2005.
That places Iraq 42nd out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 6,522 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 6,956 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 6,956 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,065 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 7,174 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 7,215 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 5,000 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1992 | 5,143 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 5,000 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 5,065 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 4,643 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 4,348 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 5,125 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1998 | 6,667 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1999 | 6,500 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 5,628 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 5,250 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 5,333 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,667 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 2,500 kg/ha | -62.5% |
| 2006 | 5,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 6,250 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 7,000 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 7,520 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 6,421 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2011 | 5,913 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 5,906 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 5,921 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 5,931 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 5,888 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 6,253 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 6,468 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 6,635 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 7,676 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2020 | 7,030 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 6,703 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 6,743 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 6,789 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 6,838 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 6,838 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,838 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 6,838 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9,598 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +100.0% | 2,500 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 2005 | -62.5% | 6,667 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6,935 kg/ha | 6,522 kg/ha | 7,174 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 5,471 kg/ha | 4,348 kg/ha | 7,215 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,648 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 7,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,301 kg/ha | 5,888 kg/ha | 7,676 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,820 kg/ha | 6,703 kg/ha | 7,030 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 plums and sloes — yield in Iraq?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Iraq was 6,838 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 7,676 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Iraq rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Iraq ranks 42nd out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.