Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 2,700 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Iraq is 2,700 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 16,500 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 1,100 ha, in 1991.
That places Iraq 54th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,125 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,375 ha | +17.1% |
| 1964 | 15,375 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14,973 ha | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 15,378 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 15,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 15,250 ha | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 14,653 ha | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 11,088 ha | -24.3% |
| 1973 | 9,850 ha | -11.2% |
| 1974 | 11,865 ha | +20.5% |
| 1975 | 10,013 ha | -15.6% |
| 1976 | 8,474 ha | -15.4% |
| 1977 | 12,500 ha | +47.5% |
| 1978 | 11,733 ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 9,700 ha | -17.3% |
| 1980 | 10,850 ha | +11.9% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 1982 | 12,525 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 14,500 ha | +15.8% |
| 1984 | 14,025 ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 16,500 ha | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 12,150 ha | -26.4% |
| 1987 | 8,900 ha | -26.7% |
| 1988 | 1,725 ha | -80.6% |
| 1989 | 3,175 ha | +84.1% |
| 1990 | 5,125 ha | +61.4% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | -78.5% |
| 1992 | 2,300 ha | +109.1% |
| 1993 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 2,300 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 2,300 ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,880 ha | -21.7% |
| 2002 | 1,930 ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 1,770 ha | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 1,770 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,400 ha | +35.6% |
| 2006 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,398 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,388 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 2,480 ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 2,525 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 2,588 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 2,589 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,583 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,621 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 2,654 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 2,800 ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 2,610 ha | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 2,600 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 2,639 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 2,692 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 2,700 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,817 ha | 13,125 ha | 16,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,513 ha | 8,474 ha | 15,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,635 ha | 1,725 ha | 16,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,498 ha | 1,100 ha | 5,125 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,175 ha | 1,770 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,563 ha | 2,388 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,648 ha | 2,600 ha | 2,700 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Iraq?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Iraq was 2,700 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 16,500 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1991.
- How does Iraq rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 54th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested. 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.