Wheat — Area harvested in Iraq
Iraq: Wheat — Area harvested was 2.03 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 2.03 million ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.7% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Iraq peaked at 2.55 million ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 492,700 ha, in 1984.
That places Iraq 20th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.10 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.40 million ha | +27.3% |
| 1963 | 850,000 ha | -39.3% |
| 1964 | 1.30 million ha | +52.9% |
| 1965 | 1.40 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 1.30 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 1.35 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 1.50 million ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 1.30 million ha | -13.3% |
| 1970 | 1.40 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 948,250 ha | -32.3% |
| 1972 | 1.91 million ha | +101.4% |
| 1973 | 1.16 million ha | -39.5% |
| 1974 | 1.63 million ha | +41.3% |
| 1975 | 1.41 million ha | -13.8% |
| 1976 | 1.50 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 857,600 ha | -42.8% |
| 1978 | 1.50 million ha | +74.4% |
| 1979 | 1.08 million ha | -27.9% |
| 1980 | 1.37 million ha | +27.5% |
| 1981 | 1.19 million ha | -13.2% |
| 1982 | 1.17 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 1.19 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 492,700 ha | -58.6% |
| 1985 | 1.54 million ha | +212.6% |
| 1986 | 1.24 million ha | -19.5% |
| 1987 | 858,975 ha | -30.7% |
| 1988 | 1.04 million ha | +21.2% |
| 1989 | 586,850 ha | -43.6% |
| 1990 | 1.18 million ha | +101.2% |
| 1991 | 1.83 million ha | +55.2% |
| 1992 | 1.68 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1993 | 2.01 million ha | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 1.81 million ha | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 1.53 million ha | -15.0% |
| 1996 | 1.50 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 1.41 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 1.40 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 1.30 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 1.20 million ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 1.22 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1.65 million ha | +35.1% |
| 2003 | 1.71 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 1.54 million ha | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 2.55 million ha | +65.6% |
| 2006 | 1.51 million ha | -40.6% |
| 2007 | 1.57 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 917,546 ha | -41.6% |
| 2009 | 906,589 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.38 million ha | +52.6% |
| 2011 | 1.44 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 1.27 million ha | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 1.81 million ha | +43.0% |
| 2014 | 2.11 million ha | +16.5% |
| 2015 | 924,311 ha | -56.2% |
| 2016 | 920,096 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.05 million ha | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 783,721 ha | -25.2% |
| 2019 | 1.54 million ha | +96.9% |
| 2020 | 2.12 million ha | +37.3% |
| 2021 | 1.59 million ha | -24.9% |
| 2022 | 997,587 ha | -37.3% |
| 2023 | 1.67 million ha | +67.2% |
| 2024 | 2.03 million ha | +21.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 2.03 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 6.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 2.03 million ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 63,748 ha, 31.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Iraq changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +212.6% | 492,700 ha | 1.54 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.28 million ha | 850,000 ha | 1.50 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.34 million ha | 857,600 ha | 1.91 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.07 million ha | 492,700 ha | 1.54 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.56 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 2.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.48 million ha | 906,589 ha | 2.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.32 million ha | 783,721 ha | 2.11 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.68 million ha | 997,587 ha | 2.12 million ha | 5 |
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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)
- 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 wheat — area harvested in Iraq?
- Wheat — area harvested in Iraq was 2.03 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 2.55 million ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 492,700 ha in 1984.
- How does Iraq rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 20th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. 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 — 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.