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 69th of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 84,641 ha | — |
| 1962 | 91,715 ha | +8.4% |
| 1963 | 98,685 ha | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 112,964 ha | +14.5% |
| 1965 | 123,426 ha | +9.3% |
| 1966 | 125,879 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 146,671 ha | +16.5% |
| 1968 | 137,440 ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 136,970 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 141,888 ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 151,895 ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 157,946 ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 160,946 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 124,253 ha | -22.8% |
| 1975 | 130,653 ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 134,379 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 143,958 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 158,018 ha | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 146,646 ha | -7.2% |
| 1980 | 180,946 ha | +23.4% |
| 1981 | 181,450 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 191,125 ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 182,275 ha | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 205,675 ha | +12.8% |
| 1985 | 241,755 ha | +17.5% |
| 1986 | 231,200 ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 226,230 ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 208,425 ha | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 235,429 ha | +13.0% |
| 1990 | 241,155 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 163,384 ha | -32.2% |
| 1992 | 200,120 ha | +22.5% |
| 1993 | 225,629 ha | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 219,390 ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 233,539 ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 232,800 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 245,130 ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 262,690 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 281,040 ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 271,903 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 286,885 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 277,481 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 211,509 ha | -23.8% |
| 2004 | 290,700 ha | +37.4% |
| 2005 | 308,699 ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 302,300 ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 283,375 ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 282,097 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 253,652 ha | -10.1% |
| 2010 | 240,517 ha | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 269,779 ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 258,281 ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 257,725 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 204,793 ha | -20.5% |
| 2015 | 116,170 ha | -43.3% |
| 2016 | 93,282 ha | -19.7% |
| 2017 | 98,778 ha | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 88,768 ha | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 107,407 ha | +21.0% |
| 2020 | 138,363 ha | +28.8% |
| 2021 | 122,558 ha | -11.4% |
| 2022 | 124,010 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 63,435 ha | -48.8% |
| 2024 | 82,801 ha | +30.5% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 82,801 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 2.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 82,801 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 1.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
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 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 69th out of 191 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.