Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,449 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 1,449 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 189.7% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Iraq peaked at 2,549 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Iraq 42nd out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 683.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 713 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 575.9 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1964 | 780.1 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1965 | 931.5 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1966 | 856.2 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1967 | 915.5 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 1,078 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1969 | 1,276 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1970 | 1,391 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 1,246 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1972 | 1,384 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 1,265 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1974 | 1,542 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1975 | 1,470 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 1,338 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 1,245 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 813.5 kg/ha | -34.7% |
| 1979 | 1,134 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1980 | 1,088 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 1,291 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1982 | 1,245 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 1,026 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1984 | 1,488 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1985 | 1,161 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1986 | 1,225 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 1,230 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 1,523 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1989 | 1,273 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1990 | 1,454 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1991 | 1,435 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 1,600 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 1,360 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1994 | 1,275 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 1,220 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 1,714 kg/ha | +40.5% |
| 1997 | 1,477 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1998 | 1,321 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 1,505 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2000 | 1,671 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 1,615 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 1,704 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 1,702 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,850 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 1,074 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2006 | 1,124 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 1,757 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 2008 | 1,531 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2009 | 1,799 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2010 | 2,201 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2011 | 2,549 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2012 | 1,329 kg/ha | -47.9% |
| 2013 | 1,386 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 1,624 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 1,727 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 1,728 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,726 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,724 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,728 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,712 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,747 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 2,300 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2023 | 500 kg/ha | -78.3% |
| 2024 | 1,449 kg/ha | +189.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 1,449 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,839 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 1,449 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,713 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +189.7% | 500 kg/ha | 1,449 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 867.74 kg/ha | 575.9 kg/ha | 1,276 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,283 kg/ha | 813.5 kg/ha | 1,542 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,255 kg/ha | 1,026 kg/ha | 1,523 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,436 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha | 1,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,583 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | 1,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,772 kg/ha | 1,329 kg/ha | 2,549 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,542 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 2,300 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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Iraq?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Iraq was 1,449 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 2,549 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Iraq ranks 42nd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.