Country Overview Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Total Land (FAO) 434,320 km2 2012 Arable Land (FAO) 3,427,000 ha 2012 Wheat area (FAO) 1,655,000 ha 2014 Wheat area (USDA) 2,450,000 ha 2015 Wheat yield (FAO) t/ha 2014 Wheat yield (USDA) 1 t/ha 2015 Wheat production (FAO) 3,800,000 t 2014 Wheat production (USDA) 3,300,000 t 2015 Wheat total domestic consumption (USDA) 6,300,000 t 2015 Wheat domestic supply (FAO) 6,193,515 t 2011 Wheat imports (FAO) 2,425,380 t 2012 Wheat imports (USDA) 3,200,000 t 2015 Wheat exports (FAO) 579 t 2007 Wheat exports (USDA) 553,000 t 2003 Wheat seed production (FAO) 166,400 t 2013 Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Food supply - TOTAL kcal/capita/year (FAO) 2,489 2011 Food supply - CEREALS kcal/capita/year (FAO) 1,514 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from cereals (FAO) 61 % 2011 Food supply - WHEAT kcal/capita/year (FAO) 1,166 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from wheat (FAO) 47 % 2011 Total supply wheat (USDA) 7,082,000 t 2015 Beginning stocks (USDA) 582,000 t 2015 Ending stocks (USDA) 782,000 t 2015 Feed domestic consumption (USDA) 700,000 t 2015 Food, seed & industrial consumption (USDA) 5,600,000 t 2015 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Year Value % Total population - (FAO) 2024 44,856,000 100% Total population projection - (FAO) 2020 40,699,000 90% Total population projection - (FAO) 2050 71,336,000 159% Urban population - (FAO) 2024 30,157,000 100% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2020 27,134,000 89% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2050 53,217,000 176% Rural Population - (FAO) 2024 14,699,000 100% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2020 13,565,000 92% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2050 18,119,000 123% Agricultural population - (FAO) 2020 351,000 100% Agricultural population projection - (FAO) 2020 351,000 100 % Undernourished Population - (FAO) 2014 17.61 % Human Development Index (UNDP) 2011 0.573 Literacy rate, adult total (WB) (percentage of people ages 15 and above) IRQ 2,013 Life expectancy at birth, total (WB) (years) IRQ 2,013 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Value Year Population bellow US$ 1.25 - IRQ (WB) 2013 % Multidimensional Poverty Index (UNDP) 0.059 2006 Unemployment total (WB) (percentage) 2,013 IRQ GDP per capita (WB) (US$) 2,013 IRQ GDP growth annual (WB) (percentage) 2,013 IRQ Agriculture, value added (WB) (percentage of GDP) 2,013 IRQ Fertilizer consumption (WB) (% of fertilizer production) 2,013 IRQ Fertilizer consumption (WB) (kilograms per hectare of arable land) 2,013 IRQ Nº of tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land (WB) 2,013 IRQ Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people (WB) 2,013 IRQ 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=IRQ World Bank - country brief http://www.worldbank.org/iq Index Mundi - country brief http://www.indexmundi.com/iraq/ 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.