Sugar beet — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Sugar beet — Yield was 4,185 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar beet — yield in Iraq stood at 4,185 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Iraq peaked at 27,273 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 4,185 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Iraq 65th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,286 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1963 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,824 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 1965 | 16,264 kg/ha | +84.3% |
| 1966 | 23,232 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1967 | 23,729 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 22,968 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 17,360 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1970 | 24,069 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1971 | 17,556 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1972 | 23,936 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1973 | 20,940 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1974 | 20,912 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 24,359 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1976 | 23,665 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 26,085 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1978 | 24,629 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 18,370 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1980 | 19,394 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 17,667 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1982 | 7,048 kg/ha | -60.1% |
| 1983 | 8,333 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1984 | 25,000 kg/ha | +200.0% |
| 1985 | 25,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 25,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 25,490 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 25,000 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 27,273 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 25,850 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 25,114 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 24,377 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 23,640 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 22,904 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 22,167 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 21,431 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 20,694 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 19,957 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 19,221 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 18,484 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 19,070 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 16,722 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2003 | 16,250 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 17,500 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 17,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10,857 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 2007 | 10,286 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 9,714 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 10,286 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 9,567 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 8,055 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2012 | 7,616 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 6,830 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2014 | 5,862 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2015 | 5,212 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 5,980 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2017 | 5,630 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 5,809 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 5,618 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 5,778 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 5,653 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 5,147 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 4,396 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2024 | 4,185 kg/ha | -4.8% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 4,185 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26,074 kg/ha, 16% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 4,185 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 36,437 kg/ha, 11% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +200.0% | 8,333 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +84.3% | 8,824 kg/ha | 16,264 kg/ha |
| 1982 | -60.1% | 17,667 kg/ha | 7,048 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,645 kg/ha | 8,824 kg/ha | 23,729 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,452 kg/ha | 17,556 kg/ha | 26,085 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,520 kg/ha | 7,048 kg/ha | 27,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,536 kg/ha | 19,221 kg/ha | 25,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,667 kg/ha | 9,714 kg/ha | 19,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,618 kg/ha | 5,212 kg/ha | 9,567 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,032 kg/ha | 4,185 kg/ha | 5,778 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 sugar beet — yield in Iraq?
- Sugar beet — yield in Iraq was 4,185 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 27,273 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,185 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Iraq rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Iraq ranks 65th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.