Sorghum — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Sorghum — Yield was 2,803 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Iraq is 2,803 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 107.3% on the previous year and up 207.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Iraq peaked at 3,187 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 333.3 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Iraq 32nd out of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 762 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 765.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 814.9 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 1,170 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 1965 | 1,078 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1966 | 1,248 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1967 | 1,288 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 1,248 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 1,134 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 1,249 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1971 | 1,123 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1972 | 871.8 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1973 | 1,078 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1974 | 1,030 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 1,054 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 911 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1977 | 776.8 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1978 | 1,099 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 1979 | 963.6 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1980 | 965.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 967.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 967.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,095 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1984 | 1,392 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1985 | 1,085 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1986 | 992.7 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1987 | 975.6 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 975.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 952.4 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 727.3 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1991 | 434.8 kg/ha | -40.2% |
| 1992 | 612.5 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 1993 | 833.3 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 1994 | 857.1 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 888.9 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 1,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 333.3 kg/ha | -66.7% |
| 2001 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 857.1 kg/ha | +157.2% |
| 2004 | 1,056 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2005 | 975 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 972.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 979.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,428 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 2010 | 2,996 kg/ha | +109.8% |
| 2011 | 3,187 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 731.4 kg/ha | -77.1% |
| 2013 | 1,922 kg/ha | +162.7% |
| 2014 | 913 kg/ha | -52.5% |
| 2015 | 1,928 kg/ha | +111.2% |
| 2016 | 1,236 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 2017 | 1,064 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2018 | 1,400 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2019 | 969.8 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 2020 | 899.1 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 1,653 kg/ha | +83.9% |
| 2022 | 1,181 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2023 | 1,352 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2024 | 2,803 kg/ha | +107.3% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 2,803 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 2,803 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,783 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +162.7% | 731.4 kg/ha | 1,922 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +157.2% | 333.3 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +111.2% | 913 kg/ha | 1,928 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,056 kg/ha | 762 kg/ha | 1,288 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,016 kg/ha | 776.8 kg/ha | 1,249 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,037 kg/ha | 952.4 kg/ha | 1,392 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 835.39 kg/ha | 434.8 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 826.68 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 1,428 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,635 kg/ha | 731.4 kg/ha | 3,187 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,578 kg/ha | 899.1 kg/ha | 2,803 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 sorghum — yield in Iraq?
- Sorghum — yield in Iraq was 2,803 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 3,187 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 333.3 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Iraq rank for sorghum — yield?
- Iraq ranks 32nd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 207.0%. 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 Sorghum — 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.