Sugar cane — Production in Iraq
Iraq: Sugar cane — Production was 0 t in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Production in Iraq, 1961–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 0 t for sugar cane — production in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Iraq peaked at 230,800 t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Iraq 97th out of 103 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Production in Iraq, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 89,764 t | — |
| 1971 | 144,122 t | +60.6% |
| 1972 | 110,296 t | -23.5% |
| 1973 | 75,258 t | -31.8% |
| 1974 | 97,842 t | +30.0% |
| 1975 | 104,169 t | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 128,125 t | +23.0% |
| 1977 | 153,350 t | +19.7% |
| 1978 | 200,654 t | +30.8% |
| 1979 | 230,800 t | +15.0% |
| 1980 | 190,000 t | -17.7% |
| 1981 | 189,000 t | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 146,000 t | -22.8% |
| 1983 | 82,000 t | -43.8% |
| 1984 | 85,500 t | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 84,300 t | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 38,000 t | -54.9% |
| 1987 | 60,000 t | +57.9% |
| 1988 | 30,000 t | -50.0% |
| 1989 | 69,600 t | +132.0% |
| 1990 | 71,300 t | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 70,000 t | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 80,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 65,000 t | -18.8% |
| 1994 | 67,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 68,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 65,000 t | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 70,000 t | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2004 | 0 t | — |
| 2005 | 0 t | — |
| 2006 | 0 t | — |
| 2007 | 0 t | — |
| 2008 | 3,720 t | — |
| 2009 | 6,276 t | +68.7% |
| 2010 | 12,500 t | +99.2% |
| 2011 | 10,795 t | -13.6% |
| 2012 | 10,000 t | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 8,168 t | -18.3% |
| 2014 | 8,732 t | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 12,170 t | +39.4% |
| 2016 | 11,670 t | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 7,000 t | -40.0% |
| 2018 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 t | — |
| 2020 | 0 t | — |
| 2021 | 0 t | — |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 0 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.66 million t. (30 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 0 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,746 t. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 133,438 t | 75,258 t | 230,800 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 97,440 t | 30,000 t | 190,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,130 t | 65,000 t | 80,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,000 t | 0 t | 70,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,104 t | 0 t | 12,500 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 2 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 94 Brunei Darussalam 56 t
- 95 Djibouti 55.8 t compare
- 96 Samoa 11.93 t compare
- 97 Antigua and Barbuda 0 t compare
- 97 Lebanon 0 t compare
- 97 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 t compare
- 97 Saint Lucia 0 t compare
- 97 Singapore 0 t compare
- 97 Yemen 0 t 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 — production in Iraq?
- Sugar cane — production in Iraq was 0 t in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 230,800 t in 1979.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for sugar cane — production?
- Iraq ranks 97th out of 103 countries with data for 2021.
- Is sugar cane — production 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 — Production. 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.