Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 4,185 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 4,185 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Iraq peaked at 47,930 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 4,185 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Iraq 152nd out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,286 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1963 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,824 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 1965 | 16,264 kg/ha | +84.3% |
| 1966 | 23,232 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1967 | 23,729 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 22,968 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 17,360 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1970 | 39,593 kg/ha | +128.1% |
| 1971 | 29,057 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1972 | 26,502 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 25,838 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 27,745 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 26,170 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 33,108 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1977 | 37,262 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 39,664 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 42,839 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 38,276 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1981 | 47,930 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1982 | 34,667 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1983 | 21,905 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 1984 | 22,635 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 26,578 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 26,046 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 27,737 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 24,407 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1989 | 27,710 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1990 | 26,158 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 25,447 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 28,475 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 18,668 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1994 | 18,693 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 17,092 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 15,586 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 15,229 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 13,135 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1999 | 13,134 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 13,131 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 11,981 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 10,806 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 16,250 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 2004 | 17,500 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 17,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10,857 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 2007 | 10,286 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 10,764 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 12,066 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 12,011 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 9,775 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2012 | 9,120 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 7,775 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2014 | 6,808 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 6,583 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 7,387 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2017 | 6,461 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 5,809 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 5,618 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 5,778 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 5,653 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 5,147 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 4,396 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2024 | 4,185 kg/ha | -4.8% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 4,185 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 9% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 4,185 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 33,333 kg/ha, 13% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +128.1% | 17,360 kg/ha | 39,593 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +84.3% | 8,824 kg/ha | 16,264 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,645 kg/ha | 8,824 kg/ha | 23,729 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,778 kg/ha | 25,838 kg/ha | 42,839 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,789 kg/ha | 21,905 kg/ha | 47,930 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,162 kg/ha | 13,134 kg/ha | 28,475 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,114 kg/ha | 10,286 kg/ha | 17,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,735 kg/ha | 5,618 kg/ha | 12,011 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,032 kg/ha | 4,185 kg/ha | 5,778 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 150 Central African Republic 6,826 kg/ha compare
- 151 Oman 5,780 kg/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 crops primary — yield in Iraq?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Iraq was 4,185 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 47,930 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,185 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Iraq rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Iraq ranks 152nd out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.5%. 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 — 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.