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Agricultural land share — Iraq

Agricultural land share in Iraq in 2023 — 21.83%. Ranked 143 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1.71 pp.

2023 21.83% +0.05 pp vs 2022
World rank 143of 209
Period maximum 22.57%1993
Period minimum 18.06%2009

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Iraq, 1961–20231820222419611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 20.12%1963: 20.37%1965: 20.39%1967: 20.53%1969: 20.55%1971: 20.58%1973: 20.97%1975: 21.23%1977: 21.23%1979: 21.58%1981: 21.58%1983: 21.61%1985: 21.64%1987: 21.64%1989: 21.11%1991: 22.01%1993: 22.57%1995: 20.73%1997: 19.77%1999: 19.39%2001: 19.4%2003: 19.86%2005: 20.06%2007: 20.88%2009: 18.06%2011: 19.63%2013: 20.47%2015: 21.36%2017: 21.51%2019: 21.77%2021: 21.84%2023: 21.83%
Change over the period: +1.71 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iraq

Iraq 21.83%
World 36.93%
Middle East & North Africa 35.44%
Western Asia computed 56.85%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 42.09%
Agricultural land share — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 21.83 +0.05 pp
2022 21.78 −0.07 pp
2021 21.84 +0.07 pp
2020 21.78 +0.01 pp
2019 21.77 +0.17 pp
2018 21.6 +0.09 pp
2017 21.51 +0.04 pp
2016 21.47 +0.11 pp
2015 21.36 −0.14 pp
2014 21.5 +1.03 pp
2013 20.47 +0.74 pp
2012 19.73 +0.1 pp
2011 19.63 +0.71 pp
2010 18.92 +0.86 pp
2009 18.06 −0.69 pp
2008 18.75 −2.13 pp
2007 20.88 +0.36 pp
2006 20.53 +0.46 pp
2005 20.06 +0.33 pp
2004 19.73 −0.13 pp
2003 19.86 +0 pp
2002 19.86 +0.45 pp
2001 19.4 −0.02 pp
2000 19.42 +0.03 pp
1999 19.39 −0.36 pp
1998 19.75 −0.02 pp
1997 19.77 −0.97 pp
1996 20.74 +0.01 pp
1995 20.73 −0.59 pp
1994 21.32 −1.26 pp
1993 22.57 +0.76 pp
1992 21.82 −0.2 pp
1991 22.01 +0.89 pp
1990 21.12 +0.01 pp
1989 21.11 −0.64 pp
1988 21.74 +0.1 pp
1987 21.64 −0.04 pp
1986 21.68 +0.04 pp
1985 21.64 +0.03 pp
1984 21.61 +0 pp
1983 21.61 +0 pp
1982 21.61 +0.03 pp
1981 21.58 +0 pp
1980 21.58 +0 pp
1979 21.58 +0.11 pp
1978 21.47 +0.24 pp
1977 21.23 +0 pp
1976 21.23 +0 pp
1975 21.23 +0.01 pp
1974 21.22 +0.25 pp
1973 20.97 +0.02 pp
1972 20.94 +0.37 pp
1971 20.58 +0.01 pp
1970 20.56 +0.01 pp
1969 20.55 +0.01 pp
1968 20.54 +0.01 pp
1967 20.53 +0.13 pp
1966 20.41 +0.01 pp
1965 20.39 +0.13 pp
1964 20.27 −0.1 pp
1963 20.37 +0.13 pp
1962 20.25 +0.13 pp
1961 20.12 —

Western Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SA Saudi Arabia 80.77 SY Syria 74.09 LB Lebanon 65.91 PS Palestine 64.93 AM Armenia 58.59 AZ Azerbaijan 57.83 TR Türkiye 50.14 YE Yemen 44.42 GE Georgia 34.13 IL Israel 24.8 IQ Iraq 21.83 CY Cyprus 13.96 JO Jordan 11.53 BH Bahrain 10.13 KW Kuwait 8.42 QA Qatar 6.44 AE United Arab Emirates 5.52 OM Oman 4.76
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About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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