Iraq - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Iraq was 5,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,600,000 in 1993 and a minimum value of 3,650,000 in 2009.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 4,600,000
1962 4,650,000
1963 4,700,000
1964 4,750,000
1965 4,800,000
1966 4,800,000
1967 4,850,000
1968 4,850,000
1969 4,850,000
1970 4,848,000
1971 4,848,000
1972 5,000,000
1973 5,000,000
1974 5,100,000
1975 5,100,000
1976 5,100,000
1977 5,100,000
1978 5,200,000
1979 5,250,000
1980 5,250,000
1981 5,250,000
1982 5,250,000
1983 5,250,000
1984 5,250,000
1985 5,250,000
1986 5,250,000
1987 5,250,000
1988 5,300,000
1989 5,000,000
1990 5,000,000
1991 5,400,000
1992 5,300,000
1993 5,600,000
1994 5,050,000
1995 4,800,000
1996 4,800,000
1997 4,400,000
1998 4,650,000
1999 4,550,000
2000 4,100,000
2001 4,300,000
2002 4,650,000
2003 4,500,000
2004 4,500,000
2005 5,200,000
2006 4,800,000
2007 4,950,000
2008 4,000,000
2009 3,650,000
2010 4,000,000
2011 4,300,000
2012 4,318,500
2013 4,613,750
2014 5,019,000
2015 5,000,000
2016 5,000,000
2017 5,000,000
2018 5,000,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Iraq was 0.130 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.615 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.126 in 2009.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.615
1962 0.606
1963 0.596
1964 0.585
1965 0.573
1966 0.555
1967 0.542
1968 0.524
1969 0.506
1970 0.489
1971 0.473
1972 0.472
1973 0.457
1974 0.451
1975 0.436
1976 0.423
1977 0.409
1978 0.404
1979 0.396
1980 0.385
1981 0.374
1982 0.364
1983 0.354
1984 0.346
1985 0.337
1986 0.330
1987 0.323
1988 0.319
1989 0.294
1990 0.287
1991 0.302
1992 0.288
1993 0.295
1994 0.258
1995 0.238
1996 0.231
1997 0.205
1998 0.210
1999 0.200
2000 0.174
2001 0.178
2002 0.187
2003 0.175
2004 0.171
2005 0.193
2006 0.175
2007 0.177
2008 0.141
2009 0.126
2010 0.134
2011 0.140
2012 0.135
2013 0.139
2014 0.146
2015 0.141
2016 0.137
2017 0.133
2018 0.130

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Iraq was 11.52 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 12.80 in 1993, while its lowest value was 8.40 in 2009.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 10.52
1962 10.63
1963 10.75
1964 10.86
1965 10.97
1966 10.97
1967 11.09
1968 11.09
1969 11.09
1970 11.08
1971 11.08
1972 11.43
1973 11.43
1974 11.66
1975 11.66
1976 11.66
1977 11.66
1978 11.89
1979 12.00
1980 12.00
1981 12.00
1982 12.00
1983 12.00
1984 12.00
1985 12.00
1986 12.00
1987 12.00
1988 12.12
1989 11.43
1990 11.43
1991 12.35
1992 12.12
1993 12.80
1994 11.55
1995 10.97
1996 10.97
1997 10.06
1998 10.63
1999 10.40
2000 9.37
2001 9.83
2002 10.63
2003 10.29
2004 10.29
2005 11.89
2006 10.97
2007 11.32
2008 9.15
2009 8.40
2010 9.21
2011 9.90
2012 9.94
2013 10.63
2014 11.56
2015 11.52
2016 11.52
2017 11.52
2018 11.52

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use