Sunflower seed — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Sunflower seed — Yield was 2,384 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — yield in Iraq stood at 2,384 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Iraq peaked at 2,552 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 654 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Iraq 16th out of 76 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 666.7 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1964 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 750 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 741.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 737.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 888.9 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1972 | 666.7 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1973 | 697.4 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 875 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1975 | 768.6 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1976 | 932.7 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1977 | 880.7 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 1,049 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1979 | 857.7 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1980 | 976.4 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1981 | 654 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1982 | 1,036 kg/ha | +58.5% |
| 1983 | 691.6 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1984 | 790.2 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 800 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 866.7 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 790.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1988 | 885 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1989 | 808.4 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 981.4 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1991 | 1,074 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 1,000 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 1,439 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 1994 | 1,373 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 1,395 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 1,396 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,267 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1998 | 1,125 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 1,167 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 1,250 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 2,300 kg/ha | +84.0% |
| 2002 | 2,273 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 1,643 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2004 | 1,514 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 1,524 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,583 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 1,857 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2008 | 2,105 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2009 | 1,176 kg/ha | -44.1% |
| 2010 | 1,304 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 1,590 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2012 | 1,945 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2013 | 1,949 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,156 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 1,766 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 1,758 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,793 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 2,226 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2019 | 2,540 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2020 | 2,552 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,124 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2022 | 1,600 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2023 | 2,543 kg/ha | +59.0% |
| 2024 | 2,384 kg/ha | -6.2% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 2,384 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,667 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 2,384 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,753 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 721.27 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 835.45 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 1,049 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 829.95 kg/ha | 654 kg/ha | 1,036 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,222 kg/ha | 981.4 kg/ha | 1,439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,723 kg/ha | 1,176 kg/ha | 2,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,903 kg/ha | 1,304 kg/ha | 2,540 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,240 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 2,552 kg/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 — yield in Iraq?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Iraq was 2,384 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 2,552 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 654 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Iraq rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Iraq ranks 16th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.