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 93rd out of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 64,812 kg/ha | — |
| 1971 | 45,080 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1972 | 28,567 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1973 | 31,034 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1974 | 34,944 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1975 | 27,127 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1976 | 42,708 kg/ha | +57.4% |
| 1977 | 47,185 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 47,425 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 54,550 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1980 | 45,783 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1981 | 56,000 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1982 | 43,259 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1983 | 27,333 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 1984 | 19,322 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1985 | 29,322 kg/ha | +51.8% |
| 1986 | 30,400 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 34,286 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1988 | 21,818 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1989 | 28,701 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1990 | 26,165 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 25,454 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 28,571 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 18,571 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 1994 | 18,611 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 17,000 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 15,476 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1997 | 15,116 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 13,000 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1999 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 11,818 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 10,769 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 21,257 kg/ha | +97.4% |
| 2009 | 23,954 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 20,000 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2011 | 19,208 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 20,000 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 15,984 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2014 | 15,993 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 19,984 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 20,000 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58,123 kg/ha, 34% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 20,000 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,384 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
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, 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 — 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 93rd out of 103 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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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.