String beans — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: String beans — Area harvested was 3,588 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
String 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 string beans — area harvested in Iraq is 3,588 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 80.1% on the previous year and down 65.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, string beans — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 15,000 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
String 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 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 7,225 ha | — |
| 1979 | 10,350 ha | +43.3% |
| 1980 | 13,225 ha | +27.8% |
| 1981 | 12,550 ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 13,550 ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 13,175 ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 13,250 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 14,150 ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 14,650 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 13,950 ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 13,400 ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 13,800 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 13,425 ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 11,725 ha | -12.7% |
| 1992 | 13,500 ha | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 13,800 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 14,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 13,500 ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 12,610 ha | -15.9% |
| 2000 | 14,500 ha | +15.0% |
| 2001 | 12,348 ha | -14.8% |
| 2002 | 12,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 12,139 ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 12,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 12,946 ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 15,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 2007 | 13,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 11,678 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 10,457 ha | -10.5% |
| 2011 | 12,973 ha | +24.1% |
| 2012 | 11,938 ha | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 12,699 ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 10,512 ha | -17.2% |
| 2015 | 4,195 ha | -60.1% |
| 2016 | 5,102 ha | +21.6% |
| 2017 | 4,449 ha | -12.8% |
| 2018 | 4,785 ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 4,785 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7,251 ha | +51.5% |
| 2021 | 709 ha | -90.2% |
| 2022 | 3,723 ha | +425.1% |
| 2023 | 1,992 ha | -46.5% |
| 2024 | 3,588 ha | +80.1% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 3,588 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,572 ha, 78% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where String 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +425.1% | 709 ha | 3,723 ha |
| 2021 | -90.2% | 7,251 ha | 709 ha |
| 2024 | +80.1% | 1,992 ha | 3,588 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,758 ha | 0 ha | 10,350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,570 ha | 12,550 ha | 14,650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,556 ha | 11,725 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,811 ha | 11,678 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,190 ha | 4,195 ha | 12,973 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,453 ha | 709 ha | 7,251 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 string beans — area harvested in Iraq?
- String beans — area harvested in Iraq was 3,588 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest string beans — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest string beans — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for string beans — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 10th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is string beans — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.9%. 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 String beans — 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.