Sugar cane — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2021, sugar cane — area harvested in Iraq stood at 0 ha. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 6,500 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Iraq ranks 97th of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — 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 | 1,385 ha | — |
| 1971 | 3,197 ha | +130.8% |
| 1972 | 3,861 ha | +20.8% |
| 1973 | 2,425 ha | -37.2% |
| 1974 | 2,800 ha | +15.5% |
| 1975 | 3,840 ha | +37.1% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | -21.9% |
| 1977 | 3,250 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 4,231 ha | +30.2% |
| 1979 | 4,231 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,150 ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 3,375 ha | -18.7% |
| 1982 | 3,375 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1984 | 4,425 ha | +47.5% |
| 1985 | 2,875 ha | -35.0% |
| 1986 | 1,250 ha | -56.5% |
| 1987 | 1,750 ha | +40.0% |
| 1988 | 1,375 ha | -21.4% |
| 1989 | 2,425 ha | +76.4% |
| 1990 | 2,725 ha | +12.4% |
| 1991 | 2,750 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 2,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 3,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 4,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1999 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 6,500 ha | +18.2% |
| 2003 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2004 | 0 ha | — |
| 2005 | 0 ha | — |
| 2006 | 0 ha | — |
| 2007 | 0 ha | — |
| 2008 | 175 ha | — |
| 2009 | 262 ha | +49.7% |
| 2010 | 625 ha | +138.5% |
| 2011 | 562 ha | -10.1% |
| 2012 | 500 ha | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 511 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 546 ha | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 609 ha | +11.5% |
| 2016 | 584 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 350 ha | -40.1% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 0 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha. (30 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 0 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 302 ha. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +138.5% | 262 ha | 625 ha |
| 1971 | +130.8% | 1,385 ha | 3,197 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,222 ha | 1,385 ha | 4,231 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,800 ha | 1,250 ha | 4,425 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,788 ha | 2,725 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,744 ha | 0 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 428.7 ha | 0 ha | 625 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 94 Brunei Darussalam 3 ha
- 95 Djibouti 1 ha compare
- 95 Samoa 1 ha compare
- 97 Antigua and Barbuda 0 ha compare
- 97 Lebanon 0 ha compare
- 97 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 ha compare
- 97 Saint Lucia 0 ha compare
- 97 Singapore 0 ha compare
- 97 Yemen 0 ha compare
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 cane — area harvested in Iraq?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Iraq was 0 ha in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 6,500 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 97th out of 103 countries with data for 2021.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.