Vetches — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Vetches — Area harvested was 1,291 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vetches — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vetches — area harvested in Iraq is 1,291 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 1,800 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 429 ha, in 1975.
That places Iraq 28th out of 46 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 882.56 ha | 675 ha | 1,130 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 855.5 ha | 429 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,540 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,701 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,652 ha | 1,575 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,318 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,474 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,296 ha | 1,281 ha | 1,314 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 25 Czechoslovakia 2,280 ha compare
- 26 North Macedonia 1,976 ha compare
- 27 Palestine 1,295 ha compare
- 30 Israel 1,000 ha compare
- 31 Egypt 754 ha compare
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 vetches — area harvested in Iraq?
- Vetches — area harvested in Iraq was 1,291 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 429 ha in 1975.
- How does Iraq rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 28th out of 46 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. 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 Vetches — 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.