Rye — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Rye — Area harvested was 74,397 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Area harvested in Iraq, 2013–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rye — area harvested in Iraq is 74,397 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 127,673 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5,506 ha, in 2018.
That places Iraq 13th out of 66 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Rye — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 95,808 ha | — |
| 2014 | 78,949 ha | -17.6% |
| 2015 | 24,390 ha | -69.1% |
| 2016 | 37,731 ha | +54.7% |
| 2017 | 54,283 ha | +43.9% |
| 2018 | 5,506 ha | -89.9% |
| 2019 | 127,673 ha | +2218.8% |
| 2020 | 101,594 ha | -20.4% |
| 2021 | 80,977 ha | -20.3% |
| 2022 | 71,414 ha | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 74,045 ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 74,397 ha | +0.5% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 74,397 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,782 ha, 41.7× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60,620 ha | 5,506 ha | 127,673 ha | 7 |
| 2020s | 80,485 ha | 71,414 ha | 101,594 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
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 rye — area harvested in Iraq?
- Rye — area harvested in Iraq was 74,397 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 127,673 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,506 ha in 2018.
- How does Iraq rank for rye — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 13th out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. 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 Rye — 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.