Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Iraq
Iraq: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 4,743 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Iraq, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 4,743 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.8% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Iraq peaked at 5,439 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,917 1000 ha, in 2008.
That places Iraq 38th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Iraq, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4,405 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 4,477 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 4,569 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 4,500 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 4,107 1000 ha | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 4,066 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 3,937 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 2,917 1000 ha | -25.9% |
| 2009 | 3,004 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 3,570 1000 ha | +18.9% |
| 2011 | 3,333 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 3,099 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 3,731 1000 ha | +20.4% |
| 2014 | 4,075 1000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 4,543 1000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2016 | 4,678 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 4,322 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 4,270 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 5,262 1000 ha | +23.2% |
| 2020 | 5,439 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 4,485 1000 ha | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 3,602 1000 ha | -19.7% |
| 2023 | 4,132 1000 ha | +14.7% |
| 2024 | 4,743 1000 ha | +14.8% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 4,743 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 439.49 1000 ha, 10.8× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 4,743 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 285.86 1000 ha, 16.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,998 1000 ha | 2,917 1000 ha | 4,569 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 4,088 1000 ha | 3,099 1000 ha | 5,262 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,480 1000 ha | 3,602 1000 ha | 5,439 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More environment data for Iraq
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -38.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -26.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.549 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.99 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 6.65 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Iraq?
- Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Iraq was 4,743 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 5,439 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,917 1000 ha in 2008.
- How does Iraq rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
- Iraq ranks 38th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. 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 Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.