Wheat — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Wheat — Yield was 2,579 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Iraq stood at 2,579 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Iraq peaked at 3,318 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 320 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Iraq 84th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 741.69 kg/ha | 574.4 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 829.63 kg/ha | 600.6 kg/ha | 1,374 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 827.29 kg/ha | 705.9 kg/ha | 955.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 760.22 kg/ha | 589.7 kg/ha | 1,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,208 kg/ha | 320 kg/ha | 1,876 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,568 kg/ha | 1,955 kg/ha | 3,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,700 kg/ha | 2,546 kg/ha | 2,944 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 81 Brazil 2,613 kg/ha compare
- 82 Australia 2,612 kg/ha compare
- 83 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,592 kg/ha compare
- 85 Palestine 2,571 kg/ha compare
- 86 China, Taiwan Province of 2,500 kg/ha compare
- 87 Madagascar 2,407 kg/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 wheat — yield in Iraq?
- Wheat — yield in Iraq was 2,579 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 3,318 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 320 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Iraq rank for wheat — yield?
- Iraq ranks 84th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Yield. 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.