Maize production rose 32.5% to 496 kt in Iraq in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, maize production in Iraq reached an all time high of 831 kt in 2013 and an all time low of 1.90 kt in 1961. When compared to Iraq's main peers, maize production in Iran amounted to 300 kt, 21.7 kt in Kuwait, 58.5 kt in Saudi Arabia and 536 kt in Syria in 2022.
Iraq has been ranked 76th within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of maize production, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Maize Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Bahrain | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Iran | kt | 1,171 | 694 | 609 | 1,400 | 438 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kt | 260 | 185 | 225 | 473 | 419 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | kt | 29.9 | 37.2 | 17.4 | 20.9 | 19.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | kt | 2.95 | 3.84 | 8.87 | 25.8 | 25.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | kt | 2.75 | 4.86 | 3.57 | 3.00 | 3.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 6,134 | 5,902 | 6,826 | 7,883 | 8,940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | kt | 80.0 | 80.0 | 15.4 | 47.6 | 59.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | kt | 79.3 | 91.9 | 101 | 215 | 227 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | kt | 6,400 | 5,900 | 5,700 | 6,000 | 6,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | kt | 10.3 | 11.2 | 9.77 | 13.4 | 14.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | kt | 5.99 | 17.1 | 8.17 | 26.1 | 26.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | kt | 36.9 | 36.9 | 36.4 | 48.3 | 86.2 |
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