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Agricultural land in Iraq

Agricultural land in Iraq was 21.7% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 154th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202421.7% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank154th of 224Countries ranked
Series high22.61993
Series low18.12009

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Agricultural land in Iraq, 1961 to 2024

18192021222319611971198119912001201120241961: 19.9 %1962: 20 %1963: 20.1 %1964: 20.3 %1965: 20.4 %1966: 20.4 %1967: 20.5 %1968: 20.5 %1969: 20.6 %1970: 20.6 %1971: 20.6 %1972: 20.9 %1973: 21 %1974: 21.2 %1975: 21.2 %1976: 21.2 %1977: 21.2 %1978: 21.5 %1979: 21.6 %1980: 21.6 %1981: 21.6 %1982: 21.6 %1983: 21.6 %1984: 21.6 %1985: 21.6 %1986: 21.7 %1987: 21.6 %1988: 21.7 %1989: 21.1 %1990: 21.1 %1991: 22 %1992: 21.8 %1993: 22.6 %1994: 21.3 %1995: 20.7 %1996: 20.7 %1997: 19.8 %1998: 19.8 %1999: 19.4 %2000: 19.4 %2001: 19.4 %2002: 19.9 %2003: 19.9 %2004: 19.7 %2005: 20.1 %2006: 20.5 %2007: 20.9 %2008: 18.8 %2009: 18.1 %2010: 18.9 %2011: 19.6 %2012: 19.7 %2013: 20.5 %2014: 21.4 %2015: 21.2 %2016: 21.3 %2017: 21.4 %2018: 21.5 %2019: 21.6 %2020: 21.6 %2021: 21.7 %2022: 21.6 %2023: 21.6 %2024: 21.7 %1820222419611983200520241961: 19.9 %1962: 20 %1963: 20.1 %1964: 20.3 %1965: 20.4 %1966: 20.4 %1967: 20.5 %1968: 20.5 %1969: 20.6 %1970: 20.6 %1971: 20.6 %1972: 20.9 %1973: 21 %1974: 21.2 %1975: 21.2 %1976: 21.2 %1977: 21.2 %1978: 21.5 %1979: 21.6 %1980: 21.6 %1981: 21.6 %1982: 21.6 %1983: 21.6 %1984: 21.6 %1985: 21.6 %1986: 21.7 %1987: 21.6 %1988: 21.7 %1989: 21.1 %1990: 21.1 %1991: 22 %1992: 21.8 %1993: 22.6 %1994: 21.3 %1995: 20.7 %1996: 20.7 %1997: 19.8 %1998: 19.8 %1999: 19.4 %2000: 19.4 %2001: 19.4 %2002: 19.9 %2003: 19.9 %2004: 19.7 %2005: 20.1 %2006: 20.5 %2007: 20.9 %2008: 18.8 %2009: 18.1 %2010: 18.9 %2011: 19.6 %2012: 19.7 %2013: 20.5 %2014: 21.4 %2015: 21.2 %2016: 21.3 %2017: 21.4 %2018: 21.5 %2019: 21.6 %2020: 21.6 %2021: 21.7 %2022: 21.6 %2023: 21.6 %2024: 21.7 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202421.7 Estimated
202321.6 Estimated
202221.6 Estimated
202121.7 Estimated
202021.6 Estimated
201921.6 Estimated
201821.5 Estimated
201721.4 Estimated
201621.3 Estimated
201521.2 Estimated
201421.4 Estimated
201320.5 Estimated
201219.7 Estimated
201119.6 Estimated
201018.9 Estimated
200918.1 Estimated
200818.8 Estimated
200720.9 Estimated
200620.5 Estimated
200520.1 Estimated
200419.7 Estimated
200319.9 Estimated
200219.9 Estimated
200119.4 Estimated
200019.4 Estimated
199919.4 Estimated
199819.8 Estimated
199719.8 Estimated
199620.7 Estimated
199520.7 Estimated
199421.3 Estimated
199322.6 Estimated
199221.8 Estimated
199122 Estimated
199021.1 Estimated
198921.1 Estimated
198821.7 Estimated
198721.6 Estimated
198621.7 Estimated
198521.6 Estimated
198421.6 Estimated
198321.6 Estimated
198221.6 Estimated
198121.6 Estimated
198021.6 Estimated
197921.6 Estimated
197821.5 Estimated
197721.2 Estimated
197621.2 Estimated
197521.2 Estimated
197421.2 Estimated
197321 Estimated
197220.9 Estimated
197120.6 Estimated
197020.6 Estimated
196920.6 Estimated
196820.5 Estimated
196720.5 Estimated
196620.4 Estimated
196520.4 Estimated
196420.3 Estimated
196320.1 Estimated
196220 Estimated
196119.9 Estimated

Iraq compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Iraq is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Iraq, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Iraq, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/iraq. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Iraq, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/iraq.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Iraq, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/iraq (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Iraq, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Iraq?

Agricultural land in Iraq was 21.7% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 154th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Iraq?

22.6% in 1993, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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