Wheat — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Wheat — Area harvested was 6.46 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 6.46 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 7.22 million ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3.40 million ha, in 1963.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.60 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.55 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 3.40 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 3.70 million ha | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 4.70 million ha | +27.0% |
| 1966 | 5.48 million ha | +16.5% |
| 1967 | 4.75 million ha | -13.3% |
| 1968 | 5.50 million ha | +15.8% |
| 1969 | 5.12 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1970 | 5.33 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 5.10 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 5.47 million ha | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 5.69 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 5.89 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 5.99 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 5.76 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 5.45 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 5.44 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 5.35 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 5.95 million ha | +11.2% |
| 1981 | 6.27 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 6.19 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 6.04 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 5.74 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 6.19 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 6.30 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 6.59 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 6.55 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 6.26 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 6.28 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 6.19 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 6.64 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 6.81 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 6.78 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 6.57 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 6.33 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 6.30 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 6.18 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 4.74 million ha | -23.3% |
| 2000 | 5.10 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 5.55 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 6.24 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2003 | 6.41 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 6.61 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 6.95 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 6.88 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 7.22 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 5.25 million ha | -27.4% |
| 2009 | 6.65 million ha | +26.7% |
| 2010 | 6.62 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 6.38 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 6.54 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 6.40 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 6.06 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 5.72 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 5.93 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 5.44 million ha | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 5.40 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 5.86 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 6.00 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 4.92 million ha | -18.1% |
| 2022 | 5.47 million ha | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 6.57 million ha | +20.2% |
| 2024 | 6.46 million ha | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.42 million ha | 3.40 million ha | 5.50 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.55 million ha | 5.10 million ha | 5.99 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.21 million ha | 5.74 million ha | 6.59 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.28 million ha | 4.74 million ha | 6.81 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.29 million ha | 5.10 million ha | 7.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.03 million ha | 5.40 million ha | 6.62 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.89 million ha | 4.92 million ha | 6.57 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- 1 USSR 45.87 million ha compare
- 2 India 31.83 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 6.93 million ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 26.95 million ha compare
- 4 China 23.59 million ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 23.59 million ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 1.28 million ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 368,254 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 13.11 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 4.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.2498 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -7.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 24.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -16.67 % change on previous year (1979)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Wheat — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 6.46 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.22 million ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.40 million ha in 1963.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 3rd out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.