Wheat and products — Food in Iraq
Iraq: Wheat and products — Food was 5,254 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food in Iraq, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, wheat and products — food in Iraq stood at 5,254 1000 t.
That represents a change of up 26.1% on the previous year and up 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food in Iraq peaked at 5,270 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,633 1000 t, in 2010.
Iraq ranks 20th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,278 1000 t | 3,633 1000 t | 4,893 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,922 1000 t | 4,166 1000 t | 5,270 1000 t | 4 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food in Iraq?
- Wheat and products — food in Iraq was 5,254 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 5,270 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,633 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Iraq rank for wheat and products — food?
- Iraq ranks 20th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. 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 Wheat and products — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.