Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 8,448 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 8,448 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 44.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 10,625 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 4 ha, in 2003.
Iraq ranks 96th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 560 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,700 ha | +142.9% |
| 1965 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,125 ha | -33.8% |
| 1967 | 1,717 ha | +52.6% |
| 1968 | 1,844 ha | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 1,825 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 3,635 ha | +99.2% |
| 1971 | 7,651 ha | +110.5% |
| 1972 | 6,966 ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 4,998 ha | -28.3% |
| 1974 | 5,750 ha | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 5,869 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 6,050 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 6,135 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 6,415 ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 6,256 ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 5,800 ha | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 4,275 ha | -26.3% |
| 1982 | 4,425 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 4,200 ha | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 10,625 ha | +153.0% |
| 1985 | 7,875 ha | -25.9% |
| 1986 | 6,450 ha | -18.1% |
| 1987 | 6,850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 7,375 ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 7,925 ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 2,787 ha | -64.8% |
| 1991 | 2,814 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 2,866 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 3,568 ha | +24.5% |
| 1994 | 3,670 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 4,073 ha | +11.0% |
| 1996 | 4,279 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 4,389 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 5,099 ha | +16.2% |
| 1999 | 5,110 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 5,122 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 5,626 ha | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 6,540 ha | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 4 ha | -99.9% |
| 2004 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,750 ha | +43650.0% |
| 2007 | 1,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,925 ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 2,012 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 2,668 ha | +32.6% |
| 2011 | 3,644 ha | +36.6% |
| 2012 | 4,117 ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 4,950 ha | +20.2% |
| 2014 | 5,842 ha | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 6,561 ha | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 5,813 ha | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 6,053 ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 5,628 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 6,771 ha | +20.3% |
| 2020 | 5,490 ha | -18.9% |
| 2021 | 5,590 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 6,244 ha | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 7,985 ha | +27.9% |
| 2024 | 8,448 ha | +5.8% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 8,448 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34,880 ha, 24% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 8,448 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 310 ha, 27.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +43650.0% | 4 ha | 1,750 ha |
| 1984 | +153.0% | 4,200 ha | 10,625 ha |
| 1964 | +142.9% | 700 ha | 1,700 ha |
| 1971 | +110.5% | 3,635 ha | 7,651 ha |
| 2003 | -99.9% | 6,540 ha | 4 ha |
| 1970 | +99.2% | 1,825 ha | 3,635 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,319 ha | 560 ha | 1,844 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,972 ha | 3,635 ha | 7,651 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,580 ha | 4,200 ha | 10,625 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,866 ha | 2,787 ha | 5,110 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,474 ha | 4 ha | 6,540 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,205 ha | 2,668 ha | 6,771 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,751 ha | 5,490 ha | 8,448 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 crops primary — area harvested in Iraq?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Iraq was 8,448 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 10,625 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 ha in 2003.
- How does Iraq rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 96th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.6%. 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 Crops Primary — 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.