Spinach — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Spinach — Yield was 7,388 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — yield in Iraq stood at 7,388 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Iraq peaked at 9,675 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3,454 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Iraq 50th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,571 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,500 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1963 | 7,922 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 4,441 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 1965 | 7,233 kg/ha | +62.9% |
| 1966 | 6,373 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1967 | 6,342 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 6,662 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 6,387 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 6,182 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 5,970 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 6,233 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 5,674 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1974 | 6,690 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1975 | 6,167 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 7,121 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1977 | 7,441 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 7,221 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 6,800 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 6,483 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 8,235 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1982 | 7,294 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1983 | 8,400 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1984 | 8,522 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 9,333 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1986 | 7,619 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1987 | 7,302 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 7,027 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 6,221 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 7,415 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1991 | 9,045 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1992 | 6,818 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1993 | 6,667 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 6,783 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 6,667 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 6,800 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 5,636 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1998 | 5,217 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 4,571 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2000 | 3,478 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2001 | 3,700 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 3,454 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 3,814 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 3,846 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 4,333 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 5,412 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2007 | 6,494 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 6,952 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 8,241 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2010 | 7,989 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 8,461 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 9,675 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 8,954 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 9,358 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 6,909 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2016 | 4,460 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 2017 | 4,825 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2018 | 5,330 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 6,918 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2020 | 6,011 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 6,603 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 6,396 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 7,546 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2024 | 7,388 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 7,388 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,696 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 7,388 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 13,837 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,826 kg/ha | 4,441 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,550 kg/ha | 5,674 kg/ha | 7,441 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,644 kg/ha | 6,221 kg/ha | 9,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,562 kg/ha | 4,571 kg/ha | 9,045 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,972 kg/ha | 3,454 kg/ha | 8,241 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,288 kg/ha | 4,460 kg/ha | 9,675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,789 kg/ha | 6,011 kg/ha | 7,546 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 spinach — yield in Iraq?
- Spinach — yield in Iraq was 7,388 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 9,675 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,454 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Iraq rank for spinach — yield?
- Iraq ranks 50th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. 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 — 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.