Rice — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Rice — Yield was 4,344 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Iraq is 4,344 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 19.7% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Iraq peaked at 5,105 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 600 kg/ha, in 2000.
Iraq ranks 48th of 114 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.
Rice — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,738 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,828 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 2,604 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1964 | 2,836 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 2,745 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 2,801 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 3,058 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 3,243 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 3,000 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 2,403 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1971 | 2,812 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1972 | 2,851 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 2,449 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1974 | 2,206 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1975 | 2,026 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 3,117 kg/ha | +53.8% |
| 1977 | 3,138 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 3,143 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 2,688 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1980 | 3,010 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1981 | 2,976 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 2,836 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 2,260 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1984 | 2,776 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1985 | 2,835 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 2,813 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 2,799 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 2,786 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 3,186 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 2,889 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1991 | 2,201 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1992 | 1,895 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1993 | 1,873 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 2,350 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1995 | 1,800 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1996 | 2,250 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 2,016 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1998 | 2,344 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1999 | 1,385 kg/ha | -40.9% |
| 2000 | 600 kg/ha | -56.7% |
| 2001 | 1,280 kg/ha | +113.3% |
| 2002 | 2,500 kg/ha | +95.3% |
| 2003 | 3,051 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2004 | 2,841 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 2,888 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 2,887 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,163 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 2,928 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 3,151 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 3,248 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 3,576 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2012 | 4,547 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2013 | 4,716 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 5,105 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 4,478 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 4,806 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 4,898 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 3,356 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2019 | 4,501 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 2020 | 4,569 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 4,392 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 3,031 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 2023 | 3,630 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2024 | 4,344 kg/ha | +19.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 4,344 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,474 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 4,344 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,344 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +113.3% | 600 kg/ha | 1,280 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +95.3% | 1,280 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,873 kg/ha | 2,604 kg/ha | 3,243 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,683 kg/ha | 2,026 kg/ha | 3,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,828 kg/ha | 2,260 kg/ha | 3,186 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,100 kg/ha | 1,385 kg/ha | 2,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,529 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 3,163 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,323 kg/ha | 3,248 kg/ha | 5,105 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,993 kg/ha | 3,031 kg/ha | 4,569 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 rice — yield in Iraq?
- Rice — yield in Iraq was 4,344 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 5,105 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Iraq rank for rice — yield?
- Iraq ranks 48th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. 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 Rice — 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.