Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 24,270 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Iraq stood at 24,270 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 55.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Iraq peaked at 27,458 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,333 kg/ha, in 1974.
Iraq ranks 52nd of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 15,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 15,385 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 12,024 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1972 | 10,000 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1973 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,333 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 8,452 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 9,674 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1977 | 10,936 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1978 | 15,028 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1979 | 14,589 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 21,436 kg/ha | +46.9% |
| 1981 | 19,367 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1982 | 18,508 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 20,115 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 16,554 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1985 | 17,022 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 16,077 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 15,868 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 14,133 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1989 | 17,470 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1990 | 16,668 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 13,803 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1992 | 17,917 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1993 | 17,474 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 16,636 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 16,038 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 17,758 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 15,447 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1998 | 15,526 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 16,497 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 14,064 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2001 | 16,395 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2002 | 17,005 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 17,015 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 16,258 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 15,843 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 17,644 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 17,958 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 10,569 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 2009 | 11,331 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 15,718 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 2011 | 13,782 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2012 | 13,471 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 17,060 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2014 | 15,626 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 26,611 kg/ha | +70.3% |
| 2016 | 23,860 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 26,690 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 25,855 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 27,060 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 27,458 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 23,726 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2022 | 20,719 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 24,163 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2024 | 24,270 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,556 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,442 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 15,385 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,655 kg/ha | 14,133 kg/ha | 21,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,376 kg/ha | 13,803 kg/ha | 17,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,408 kg/ha | 10,569 kg/ha | 17,958 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,573 kg/ha | 13,471 kg/ha | 27,060 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,067 kg/ha | 20,719 kg/ha | 27,458 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.41 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Iraq?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Iraq was 24,270 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 27,458 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,333 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Iraq rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Iraq ranks 52nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.