FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Iraq

According to FAOSTAT, Iraq produced 6.5 million t of cereals, 1.0 million t of vegetables, 1.8 million t of fruit, 286,984 t of meat and 357,875 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were wheat (5.2 million t), dates (587,190 t) and maize (500,000 t).

Products recorded: 114
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 7; products
Year: 2024

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in barley (−87%), followed by maize (+73%).

Livestock numbers: 2.1 million cattle, 6.7 million sheep and 1.4 million goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All cereals	6,451,522	45	0.21%	−13%
All fruit	1,757,529	67	0.18%	+4.0%
All vegetables	1,037,409	80	0.09%	−61%
All milk	357,875	106	0.04%	+18%
All meat	286,984	97	0.08%	+61%
All roots and tubers	205,937	123	0.02%	−49%
All citrus fruit	166,514	56	0.1%	+30%
All eggs	51,806	83	0.05%	−4.1%
All sugar crops	35,354	115	0%	−11%
All tree nuts	4,872	79	0.03%	+45%
All pulses	3,571	142	0%	−76%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Wheat	5,234,171	26	0.66%	+3.5%
Dates	587,190	6	5.9%	−11%
Maize	500,000	79	0.04%	+73%
Tomatoes	463,214	46	0.25%	−40%
Rye	315,111	9	2.72%	−22%
Watermelons	285,923	32	0.27%	−4.8%
Grapes	263,335	32	0.35%	+4.6%
Cow milk	232,702	106	0.03%	+16%
Rice (paddy)	227,508	63	0.03%	−44%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	196,678	28	0.5%	+190%
Potatoes	195,785	94	0.05%	−51%
Chicken meat	190,000	59	0.15%	+171%
Barley	164,495	56	0.12%	−87%
Oranges	158,000	38	0.23%	+37%
Cucumbers	142,956	33	0.16%	−48%
Soya bean oil	126,665	30	0.21%	+186,172%
Melons	126,653	23	0.45%	−17%
Skim milk of cows	88,418	77	0.06%	+9.8%
Eggplants	86,996	25	0.15%	−80%
Apples	76,005	56	0.08%	+20%
Spring onions and shallots	61,547	16	1.1%	−70%
Sheep milk	61,090	28	0.62%	+8.1%
Pepper (black, white)	60,257	6	6.46%	—
Hen eggs	51,806	83	0.06%	−4.1%
Sheep meat	47,339	40	0.41%	+4.2%
Okra	46,969	18	0.35%	−62%
Buffalo milk	40,921	14	0.03%	+33%
Pumpkins and squash	40,164	57	0.12%	−71%
Chillies and peppers, green	38,102	57	0.09%	−56%
Sugar beet	35,354	40	0.01%	+14%
Beef (cattle meat)	34,678	107	0.05%	−25%
String beans	32,410	8	2.72%	−56%
Olives	29,534	22	0.12%	+19%
Onions, dry	29,523	100	0.03%	−61%
Beer	26,398	130	0.01%	+6,792%
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	26,056	39	0.12%	+774%
Apricots	25,673	28	0.56%	−2.4%
Broad beans and horse beans, green	24,012	21	1.64%	−78%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	23,112	115	0.01%	−73%
Goat milk	22,764	57	0.11%	+34%
Lettuce and chicory	21,429	43	0.08%	−85%
Tea, packed	19,200	24	0.26%	—
Wool, greasy	13,869	23	0.82%	−17%
Other starchy roots and tubers	10,152	34	0.1%	—
Pears	9,968	54	0.04%	−27%
Sorghum	9,635	72	0.01%	−51%
Cauliflower and broccoli	9,263	52	0.03%	−70%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	8,863	39	0.41%	+4.2%
Groundnut oil	8,855	39	0.14%	+319%
Buttermilk, dry	8,016	22	1.22%	—
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	7,957	37	0.4%	+4.2%
Figs	7,709	23	0.58%	−19%
Goat meat	7,031	65	0.09%	−36%
Plums	6,828	56	0.05%	−40%
Cabbages	6,478	108	0.01%	−66%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	6,305	87	0.07%	−25%
Groundnuts (peanuts)	6,188	73	0.01%	+12%
Buffalo meat	5,868	18	0.08%	+20%
Sheep fat, unrendered	5,338	21	0.83%	+4.2%
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed	5,317	17	1.02%	+0.2%
Lemons and limes	4,577	72	0.02%	−40%
Cheese from skimmed cow milk	4,162	33	0.15%	+27%
Carrots and turnips	3,989	103	0.01%	−90%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	3,846	96	0.04%	−25%
Cheese from whole cow milk	3,838	76	0.02%	+9.8%
Tangerines and mandarins	3,713	60	0.01%	−21%
Butter of cow milk	3,684	64	0.06%	+9.8%
Spinach	3,378	38	0.01%	−69%
Peaches and nectarines	3,265	66	0.01%	+37%
Green garlic	2,977	66	0.01%	−57%
Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed	2,720	19	0.6%	+29%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	2,340	66	0.04%	+0.2%
Margarine and shortening	2,310	82	0.02%	−75%
Camel meat	2,068	25	0.31%	+94%
Broad beans and horse beans, dry	1,841	49	0.03%	−60%
Quinces	1,771	22	0.25%	+0.6%
Pistachios, in shell	1,687	10	0.12%	—
Oil of sesame seed	1,600	37	0.13%	−54%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	1,465	59	0.1%	−36%
Walnuts, in shell	1,462	42	0.03%	−4.1%
Other nuts	1,292	51	0.12%	−7.8%
Sesame seed	1,154	58	0.02%	−84%
Butter of buffalo milk	1,112	8	0.06%	−0.5%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	1,069	65	0.07%	−36%
Raw hides and skins of buffaloes	990	18	0.07%	+20%
Butter and ghee of sheep milk	985	9	1.59%	+0.2%
Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen	978	18	0.08%	+20%
Cattle fat, unrendered	946	90	0.03%	−25%
Vetches	888	16	0.14%	−5.6%
Other beans, green	798	86	0%	−89%
Chillies and peppers, dry	611	49	0.01%	—
Millet	602	64	0%	−82%
Beans, dry	533	97	0%	−93%
Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen	443	23	0.47%	+93%
Almonds, in shell	431	37	0.01%	−2.7%
Camel milk	397	27	0.01%	+85%
Sunflower seed	391	69	0%	−79%
Raw sugar	309	118	0%	−66%
Goat fat, unrendered	293	62	0.09%	−36%
Cow peas, dry	260	37	0%	−78%
Grapefruit and pomelos	224	70	0%	−16%
Buffalo fat, unrendered	212	18	0.05%	+20%
Oil of linseed	180	49	0.02%	+300%
Linseed	152	44	0.01%	−7.3%
Fat of camels	130	24	0.44%	+94%
Honey	110	109	0.01%	+8.9%
Molasses	94	118	0%	−75%
Peas, green	92	78	0%	—
Chick peas, dry	46	43	0%	−93%
Soybeans	34	97	0%	+36%
Strawberries	17	81	0%	—
Seed cotton	12	82	0%	−99%
Lentils, dry	3	42	0%	−98%
Cotton seed	1	85	0%	−100%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	140,000,000	35	0.51%	+269%
Sheep	6,672,540	45	0.49%	+1.9%
Cattle	2,104,351	84	0.13%	−27%
Goats	1,353,075	72	0.11%	+11%
Asses	379,223	22	0.7%	+0.3%
Buffalo	269,940	19	0.13%	+44%
Camels	115,090	26	0.26%	+69%
Horses	49,640	60	0.09%	−6.3%
Mules and hinnies	10,286	29	0.13%	−14%

Iraq among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Iraq, which is outlined on the map.

Product

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Production per person, 2024

Iraq had 46.0 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Wheat	114	97.8	1.2×
Dates	12.8	1.22	10.5×
Maize	10.9	149	0.1×
Tomatoes	10.1	23.1	0.4×
Rye	6.84	1.42	4.8×
Watermelons	6.21	12.9	0.5×
Grapes	5.72	9.30	0.6×
Cow milk	5.05	97.7	0.1×
Rice (paddy)	4.94	100	0.0×
Other fruits, n.e.c.	4.27	4.81	0.9×
Potatoes	4.25	47.8	0.1×
Chicken meat	4.13	15.7	0.3×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

Iraq reported exports of 47 and imports of 158 of the products covered here.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Dates	285,347	USD 90.9 m	0.32	3 of 98
Soya bean oil	59,542	USD 54.5 m	0.92	26 of 110
Wheat	450	USD 7.0 m	15.60	72 of 102
Mushrooms and truffles	117	USD 4.8 m	41.15	58 of 93
Lentils, dry	3,851	USD 3.2 m	0.82	23 of 104
Molasses	11,471	USD 2.8 m	0.24	49 of 109
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	1,306	USD 2.7 m	2.06	72 of 123
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	883	USD 585,000	0.66	56 of 148
Cheese from whole cow milk	106	USD 496,000	4.68	83 of 123
Pistachios, in shell	25	USD 310,000	12.40	49 of 74

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	484,827	USD 1.07 bn	2.20	9 of 189
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only)	1,440,023	USD 757 m	0.53	14 of 183
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	528,689	USD 579 m	1.10	9 of 186
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled	126,868	USD 419 m	3.30	2 of 33
Soya beans	723,509	USD 365 m	0.50	24 of 165
Wheat	873,217	USD 297 m	0.34	51 of 176
Tea leaves	75,514	USD 264 m	3.50	7 of 191
Hen eggs in shell, fresh	37,889	USD 253 m	6.67	12 of 184
Lentils, dry	237,255	USD 243 m	1.02	5 of 184
Maize (corn)	966,809	USD 231 m	0.24	41 of 190

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in Iraq?

By volume, the largest products of Iraq in 2024 were wheat (5.2 million t), dates (587,190 t), maize (500,000 t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is Iraq the world’s largest producer of anything?

Not in 2024. Its highest world rank was 6th, for dates.

How much wheat does Iraq produce per person?

About 114 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 97.8 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does Iraq export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were dates (USD 90.9 m), soya bean oil (USD 54.5 m), wheat (USD 7.0 m), according to FAOSTAT.

What does Iraq import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (USD 1.07 bn), raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) (USD 757 m), sunflower-seed oil, crude (USD 579 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.