Soya beans — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Soya beans — Area harvested was 41 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Iraq is 41 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 1,616 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Iraq ranks 88th of 107 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 150 ha | — |
| 1976 | 350 ha | +133.3% |
| 1977 | 650 ha | +85.7% |
| 1978 | 800 ha | +23.1% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 950 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 1,050 ha | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1992 | 1,250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1993 | 1,350 ha | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 1,300 ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 1,250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 1,200 ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 1,616 ha | +29.3% |
| 1999 | 1,260 ha | -22.0% |
| 2000 | 100 ha | -92.1% |
| 2001 | 50 ha | -50.0% |
| 2002 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 42 ha | -16.0% |
| 2006 | 29 ha | -31.0% |
| 2007 | 28 ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 29 ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 31 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 31 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 32 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 31 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 51 ha | +64.5% |
| 2016 | 38 ha | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 40 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 43 ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 41 ha | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 41 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 42 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 41 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 41 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 41 ha | +0.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 41 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 0% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 41 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 23 ha, 1.8× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +133.3% | 150 ha | 350 ha |
| 2000 | -92.1% | 1,260 ha | 100 ha |
| 1977 | +85.7% | 350 ha | 650 ha |
| 2015 | +64.5% | 31 ha | 51 ha |
| 2001 | -50.0% | 100 ha | 50 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 295 ha | 0 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,055 ha | 950 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,278 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,616 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.7 ha | 28 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.8 ha | 30 ha | 51 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.2 ha | 41 ha | 42 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 85 Madagascar 79 ha compare
- 86 Tajikistan 63 ha compare
- 87 Azerbaijan 53 ha compare
- 89 North Macedonia 32 ha compare
- 90 Luxembourg 20 ha compare
- 91 French Polynesia 6 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 soya beans — area harvested in Iraq?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Iraq was 41 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 1,616 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 88th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. 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 Soya beans — Area harvested. 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.