Spinach — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Spinach — Area harvested was 457 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 457 ha for spinach — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 49.3% on the previous year and down 60.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 2,100 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 306 ha, in 2023.
Iraq ranks 36th of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 816 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 970 ha | +18.9% |
| 1965 | 1,273 ha | +31.2% |
| 1966 | 1,487 ha | +16.8% |
| 1967 | 1,708 ha | +14.9% |
| 1968 | 1,579 ha | -7.6% |
| 1969 | 1,562 ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 1,309 ha | -16.2% |
| 1971 | 1,425 ha | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 1,473 ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 1,628 ha | +10.5% |
| 1974 | 1,076 ha | -33.9% |
| 1975 | 1,590 ha | +47.8% |
| 1976 | 1,344 ha | -15.5% |
| 1977 | 1,542 ha | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 1,301 ha | -15.6% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1980 | 725 ha | -27.5% |
| 1981 | 425 ha | -41.4% |
| 1982 | 425 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | +17.6% |
| 1984 | 575 ha | +15.0% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 525 ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 630 ha | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 925 ha | +46.8% |
| 1989 | 1,093 ha | +18.2% |
| 1990 | 1,025 ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 775 ha | -24.4% |
| 1992 | 1,100 ha | +41.9% |
| 1993 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 1,150 ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1997 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 1,050 ha | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 1,150 ha | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 1,061 ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 1,100 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 970 ha | -11.8% |
| 2004 | 1,300 ha | +34.0% |
| 2005 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 2006 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 1,925 ha | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 2,100 ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 1,650 ha | -21.4% |
| 2010 | 1,509 ha | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 1,321 ha | -12.5% |
| 2012 | 1,160 ha | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 1,470 ha | +26.7% |
| 2014 | 1,159 ha | -21.2% |
| 2015 | 616 ha | -46.9% |
| 2016 | 517 ha | -16.1% |
| 2017 | 668 ha | +29.2% |
| 2018 | 348 ha | -47.9% |
| 2019 | 388 ha | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 538 ha | +38.7% |
| 2021 | 495 ha | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 500 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 306 ha | -38.8% |
| 2024 | 457 ha | +49.3% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 457 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 684.5 ha, 67% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 457 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 183.5 ha, 2.5× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,211 ha | 700 ha | 1,708 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,369 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,628 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 642.3 ha | 425 ha | 1,093 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,075 ha | 775 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,446 ha | 970 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 915.6 ha | 348 ha | 1,509 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 459.2 ha | 306 ha | 538 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
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 spinach — area harvested in Iraq?
- Spinach — area harvested in Iraq was 457 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 2,100 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 306 ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 36th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.6%. 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 Spinach — 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.