Sugar cane — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Sugar cane — Yield was 20,000 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Iraq, 1970–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 20,000 kg/ha for sugar cane — yield in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Iraq peaked at 64,812 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 10,769 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Iraq 103rd out of 113 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 42,343 kg/ha | 27,127 kg/ha | 64,812 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,622 kg/ha | 19,322 kg/ha | 56,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,097 kg/ha | 13,000 kg/ha | 28,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,160 kg/ha | 10,769 kg/ha | 23,954 kg/ha | 5 |
| 2010s | 18,896 kg/ha | 15,984 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture share gdp 3.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
- Rural population 30.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 14.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2,340 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Iraq?
- Sugar cane — yield in Iraq was 20,000 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 64,812 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,769 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Iraq rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Iraq ranks 103rd out of 113 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. 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 cane — Yield. 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.