Country Overview Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Total Land (FAO) 1,628,550 km2 2012 Arable Land (FAO) 17,709,000 ha 2012 Wheat area (FAO) 5,920,000 ha 2014 Wheat area (USDA) 6,800,000 ha 2015 Wheat yield (FAO) t/ha 2014 Wheat yield (USDA) 2 t/ha 2015 Wheat production (FAO) 8,652,000 t 2014 Wheat production (USDA) 14,000,000 t 2015 Wheat total domestic consumption (USDA) 18,000,000 t 2015 Wheat domestic supply (FAO) 15,177,297 t 2011 Wheat imports (FAO) 5,445,410 t 2012 Wheat imports (USDA) 4,000,000 t 2015 Wheat exports (FAO) 9,700 t 2012 Wheat exports (USDA) 500,000 t 2015 Wheat seed production (FAO) 874,200 t 2013 Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Food supply - TOTAL kcal/capita/year (FAO) 3,058 2011 Food supply - CEREALS kcal/capita/year (FAO) 1,497 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from cereals (FAO) 49 % 2011 Food supply - WHEAT kcal/capita/year (FAO) 1,189 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from wheat (FAO) 39 % 2011 Total supply wheat (USDA) 25,821,000 t 2015 Beginning stocks (USDA) 7,821,000 t 2015 Ending stocks (USDA) 7,321,000 t 2015 Feed domestic consumption (USDA) 3,000,000 t 2015 Food, seed & industrial consumption (USDA) 15,000,000 t 2015 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Year Value % Total population - (FAO) 2024 87,339,000 100% Total population projection - (FAO) 2020 84,149,000 96% Total population projection - (FAO) 2050 100,598,000 115% Urban population - (FAO) 2024 62,361,000 100% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2020 59,374,000 95% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2050 78,694,000 126% Rural Population - (FAO) 2024 24,978,000 100% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2020 24,774,000 99% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2050 21,904,000 87% Agricultural population - (FAO) 2020 6,395,000 100% Agricultural population projection - (FAO) 2020 6,395,000 100 % Undernourished Population - (FAO) 2013 4.81 % Human Development Index (UNDP) 2011 0.707 Literacy rate, adult total (WB) (percentage of people ages 15 and above) IRN 2,013 Life expectancy at birth, total (WB) (years) IRN 2,013 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Value Year Population bellow US$ 1.25 - IRN (WB) 2013 % Multidimensional Poverty Index (UNDP) --- --- Unemployment total (WB) (percentage) 2,013 IRN GDP per capita (WB) (US$) 2,013 IRN GDP growth annual (WB) (percentage) 2,013 IRN Agriculture, value added (WB) (percentage of GDP) 2,013 IRN Fertilizer consumption (WB) (% of fertilizer production) 2,013 IRN Fertilizer consumption (WB) (kilograms per hectare of arable land) 2,013 IRN Nº of tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land (WB) 2,013 IRN Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people (WB) 2,013 IRN Internet users per 100 people (WB) This country is not found in our database or data is not available. External Links FAO Country Brief http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=IRN World Bank - country brief http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/iran Index Mundi - country brief http://www.indexmundi.com/iran/ Source FAO: Last update on August 15, 2015. USDA: Last update on August 15, 2015. UNDP: Last update on February 22, 2013. WB: Instant updates via API.