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Iraq Wheat Area Harvested
What is Iraq's wheat area harvested (ha)? As of 2023, it's 1.7M ha, down from 2.1M ha in 2014.
| Label | Wheat Area Harvested (ha) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 2109455 ha |
| 2015 | 924311 ha |
| 2016 | 920096 ha |
| 2017 | 1047531 ha |
| 2018 | 783721 ha |
| 2019 | 1543316 ha |
| 2020 | 2118691 ha |
| 2021 | 1591803 ha |
| 2022 | 997587 ha |
| 2023 | 1668077 ha |
Data Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Wantstats Repository
Iraq Wheat Area Harvested: Key Points
- Bookending the series — 2014 at 2.11M ha, 2023 at 1.67M ha — puts Iraq's wheat Area Harvested down by roughly 21% across the full window.
- 2015: falls away sharply to 924.31K ha (-56%).
- 2019: leaps to 1.54M ha (+97%).
- 2020: surges to 2.12M ha (+37%).
- 2023: spikes to 1.67M ha (+67%).
- 2023: Final reading, 1.67M ha. That's 20.9% down on 2014.
Why This Bounces Around So Much
This is not a clean trend line, so resist the urge to draw one. Iraq's number moves both directions across the period — treat any single year as a snapshot, not a forecast.
Read this as one data point in a bigger comparison, not a verdict on its own. Iraq's wheat Area Harvested figure only tells a real story once it's set next to comparable countries or regions tracking the same thing.
This is Iraq data, published by the source linked below. Indicator series like this are usually modeled/estimated between survey years, not measured fresh every year — trust the multi-year direction over any one data point.
This is an annual crop — farmers can and do change how much land they plant to it every single season, in response to prices, weather, and what did well last year. Bigger year-to-year swings are normal and expected here, not a red flag.
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