Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 82,801 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 82,801 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 30.5% on the previous year and down 59.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 308,699 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 63,435 ha, in 2023.
Iraq ranks 78th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 117,599 ha | 84,641 ha | 146,671 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 145,058 ha | 124,253 ha | 160,946 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 208,451 ha | 180,946 ha | 241,755 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 230,488 ha | 163,384 ha | 281,040 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 276,860 ha | 211,509 ha | 308,699 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 173,550 ha | 88,768 ha | 269,779 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 106,233 ha | 63,435 ha | 138,363 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture share gdp 3.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
- Rural population 30.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 14.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2,340 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Iraq?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Iraq was 82,801 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 308,699 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,435 ha in 2023.
- How does Iraq rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 78th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.6%. 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 Vegetables 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.