Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 164 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 164 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 56.2% on the previous year and down 80.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 60,425 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 31 ha, in 2018.
Iraq ranks 70th of 84 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,563 ha | +28.1% |
| 1970 | 4,472 ha | +74.5% |
| 1971 | 2,250 ha | -49.7% |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 3,450 ha | +130.0% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 1975 | 5,480 ha | +37.0% |
| 1976 | 7,998 ha | +45.9% |
| 1977 | 8,175 ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 4,498 ha | -45.0% |
| 1979 | 12,825 ha | +185.1% |
| 1980 | 12,700 ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 9,175 ha | -27.8% |
| 1982 | 7,525 ha | -18.0% |
| 1983 | 8,675 ha | +15.3% |
| 1984 | 12,275 ha | +41.5% |
| 1985 | 13,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 10,750 ha | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 11,525 ha | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 23,875 ha | +107.2% |
| 1990 | 60,425 ha | +153.1% |
| 1991 | 19,750 ha | -67.3% |
| 1992 | 55,000 ha | +178.5% |
| 1993 | 50,525 ha | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 40,490 ha | -19.9% |
| 1995 | 43,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 48,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 15,000 ha | -68.8% |
| 1998 | 8,000 ha | -46.7% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 2002 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 12,780 ha | +16.2% |
| 2004 | 9,250 ha | -27.6% |
| 2005 | 15,750 ha | +70.3% |
| 2006 | 12,000 ha | -23.8% |
| 2007 | 7,000 ha | -41.7% |
| 2008 | 4,750 ha | -32.1% |
| 2009 | 4,250 ha | -10.5% |
| 2010 | 5,750 ha | +35.3% |
| 2011 | 4,472 ha | -22.2% |
| 2012 | 2,168 ha | -51.5% |
| 2013 | 1,902 ha | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 845 ha | -55.6% |
| 2015 | 453 ha | -46.4% |
| 2016 | 520 ha | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 271 ha | -47.9% |
| 2018 | 31 ha | -88.6% |
| 2019 | 321 ha | +935.5% |
| 2020 | 748 ha | +133.0% |
| 2021 | 557 ha | -25.5% |
| 2022 | 387 ha | -30.5% |
| 2023 | 105 ha | -72.9% |
| 2024 | 164 ha | +56.2% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 164 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,918 ha, 3% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 164 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 525.5 ha, 31% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +935.5% | 31 ha | 321 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,674 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,563 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,465 ha | 1,500 ha | 12,825 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,150 ha | 7,525 ha | 23,875 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,619 ha | 6,000 ha | 60,425 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,278 ha | 4,250 ha | 15,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,673 ha | 31 ha | 5,750 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 392.2 ha | 105 ha | 748 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Iraq?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Iraq was 164 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 60,425 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 31 ha in 2018.
- How does Iraq rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 70th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.6%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.