Potatoes — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Potatoes — Area harvested was 7,523 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Iraq stood at 7,523 ha.
The figure is down 16.1% on the previous year and down 70.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 52,750 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 998 ha, in 1971.
That places Iraq 105th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,252 ha | 998 ha | 7,667 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,760 ha | 4,525 ha | 12,925 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,343 ha | 11,675 ha | 44,250 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,149 ha | 19,694 ha | 52,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,433 ha | 6,122 ha | 43,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,471 ha | 7,523 ha | 24,120 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture share gdp 3.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
- Rural population 30.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 14.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2,340 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Iraq?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Iraq was 7,523 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 52,750 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 998 ha in 1971.
- How does Iraq rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 105th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.8%. 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 Potatoes — 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.