Watermelons — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Watermelons — Yield was 18,396 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — yield in Iraq is 18,396 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.3% on the previous year and up 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Iraq peaked at 21,979 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8,958 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Iraq 75th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,958 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,073 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1963 | 11,174 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 11,350 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 11,090 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 11,343 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 11,594 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 11,416 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 11,022 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 11,351 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 10,868 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 10,538 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 10,057 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 11,024 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1975 | 11,365 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 11,830 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 12,657 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 13,369 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 12,566 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 10,751 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1981 | 11,665 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1982 | 13,179 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1983 | 12,785 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 12,817 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 14,126 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 12,392 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1987 | 14,125 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1988 | 12,891 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1989 | 14,515 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1990 | 13,103 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1991 | 12,399 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 12,368 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 12,564 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 12,432 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 12,280 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 12,219 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 10,732 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1998 | 10,833 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 13,265 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2000 | 12,322 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 11,226 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 13,714 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2003 | 12,216 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 12,306 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 12,880 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 13,400 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 13,276 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 12,554 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 10,623 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2010 | 14,577 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 2011 | 13,686 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 12,817 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 11,220 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 13,211 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2015 | 10,780 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2016 | 14,795 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 2017 | 14,432 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 19,225 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 2019 | 15,226 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2020 | 17,808 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2021 | 17,382 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 18,546 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 21,979 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2024 | 18,396 kg/ha | -16.3% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 18,396 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,757 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 18,396 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 34,000 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,002 kg/ha | 8,958 kg/ha | 11,594 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,562 kg/ha | 10,057 kg/ha | 13,369 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,925 kg/ha | 10,751 kg/ha | 14,515 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,220 kg/ha | 10,732 kg/ha | 13,265 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,452 kg/ha | 10,623 kg/ha | 13,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,997 kg/ha | 10,780 kg/ha | 19,225 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,822 kg/ha | 17,382 kg/ha | 21,979 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 72 Cook Islands 19,176 kg/ha compare
- 73 Puerto Rico 19,151 kg/ha compare
- 74 Sudan (former) 19,048 kg/ha compare
- 76 Suriname 18,361 kg/ha compare
- 77 Russian Federation 18,260 kg/ha compare
- 78 Uruguay 18,014 kg/ha compare
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 watermelons — yield in Iraq?
- Watermelons — yield in Iraq was 18,396 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 21,979 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,958 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for watermelons — yield?
- Iraq ranks 75th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.2%. 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 Watermelons — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.