Soya beans — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Soya beans — Yield was 824.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Soya beans — Yield in Iraq, 1975–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 824.8 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Iraq peaked at 1,625 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 436.5 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places Iraq 86th out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1976 | 1,429 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 1,538 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 1,625 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 1,500 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 1,600 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,579 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 1,524 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 1,546 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 1,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,522 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 1,500 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 1,462 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 1,500 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 1,480 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 1,482 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,385 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 1,400 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 1,375 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 1,400 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 1,102 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1999 | 436.5 kg/ha | -60.4% |
| 2000 | 1,000 kg/ha | +129.1% |
| 2001 | 1,200 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 1,000 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 927.9 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 915 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 926.7 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 908.9 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 891.1 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 873.4 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 855.6 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 837.9 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 820.1 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 797.6 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 805.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 807.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 804.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 805.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 838.4 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 823.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 822.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 827.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 824.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 824.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 824.8 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +129.1% | 436.5 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
| 1999 | -60.4% | 1,102 kg/ha | 436.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,485 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,625 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1980s | 1,562 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,302 kg/ha | 436.5 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 976.96 kg/ha | 891.1 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 824.62 kg/ha | 797.6 kg/ha | 873.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 824.5 kg/ha | 822.1 kg/ha | 827.9 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 soya beans — yield in Iraq?
- Soya beans — yield in Iraq was 824.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 1,625 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 436.5 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Iraq rank for soya beans — yield?
- Iraq ranks 86th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.