Sesame seed — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 939 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Iraq is 939 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 79.9% on the previous year and down 79.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 35,500 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 522 ha, in 2023.
That places Iraq 52nd out of 72 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.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 14,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 12,000 ha | -29.4% |
| 1973 | 13,168 ha | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 11,610 ha | -11.8% |
| 1975 | 11,675 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 12,012 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 9,180 ha | -23.6% |
| 1978 | 18,072 ha | +96.9% |
| 1979 | 13,325 ha | -26.3% |
| 1980 | 9,125 ha | -31.5% |
| 1981 | 10,375 ha | +13.7% |
| 1982 | 9,825 ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 10,775 ha | +9.7% |
| 1984 | 15,400 ha | +42.9% |
| 1985 | 17,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 15,400 ha | -12.0% |
| 1987 | 16,875 ha | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 17,600 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 21,050 ha | +19.6% |
| 1990 | 23,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 1991 | 22,675 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 22,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 23,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 18,000 ha | -21.7% |
| 2003 | 25,250 ha | +40.3% |
| 2004 | 30,250 ha | +19.8% |
| 2005 | 35,500 ha | +17.4% |
| 2006 | 24,250 ha | -31.7% |
| 2007 | 21,750 ha | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 16,300 ha | -25.1% |
| 2009 | 7,489 ha | -54.1% |
| 2010 | 13,123 ha | +75.2% |
| 2011 | 17,530 ha | +33.6% |
| 2012 | 12,007 ha | -31.5% |
| 2013 | 10,544 ha | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 4,539 ha | -57.0% |
| 2015 | 2,090 ha | -54.0% |
| 2016 | 2,678 ha | +28.1% |
| 2017 | 3,662 ha | +36.7% |
| 2018 | 2,223 ha | -39.3% |
| 2019 | 3,714 ha | +67.1% |
| 2020 | 5,703 ha | +53.6% |
| 2021 | 1,934 ha | -66.1% |
| 2022 | 1,839 ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 522 ha | -71.6% |
| 2024 | 939 ha | +79.9% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 939 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,676 ha, 26% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 939 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 939 ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,667 ha | 8,500 ha | 16,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,504 ha | 9,180 ha | 18,072 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,392 ha | 9,125 ha | 21,050 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,958 ha | 22,675 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,479 ha | 7,489 ha | 35,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,211 ha | 2,090 ha | 17,530 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,187 ha | 522 ha | 5,703 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 49 Honduras 1,321 ha compare
- 50 Gambia 1,224 ha compare
- 51 El Salvador 1,220 ha compare
- 53 Tajikistan 753 ha compare
- 54 Greece 699 ha compare
- 55 Dominican Republic 620 ha compare
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 sesame seed — area harvested in Iraq?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Iraq was 939 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 35,500 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 522 ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 52nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 79.3%. 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 Sesame seed — 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.