Total spice consumption fell 14.3% to 18.0 kt in Iraq in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, total spice consumption in Iraq reached an all time high of 21.0 kt in 2020 and an all time low of 0.862 kt in 2007. When compared to Iraq's main peers, total spice consumption in Iran amounted to 66.0 kt, 19.0 kt in Kuwait, 112 kt in Saudi Arabia and 37.0 kt in Syria in 2021.
Iraq has been ranked 53rd within the group of 147 countries we follow in terms of total spice consumption, 49 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Spice Consumption (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.00 | ||
| Iran | kt | 54.0 | 64.0 | 69.0 | 76.0 | 66.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.00 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||
| Jordan | kt | 6.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | kt | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | kt | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 324 | 305 | 300 | 318 | 271 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | kt | 98.0 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.0 | 6.00 | 54.0 | 91.0 | 10.0 | |||||||
| Turkey | kt | 167 | 151 | 165 | 190 | 223 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| United Arab Emirates | kt | 42.0 | 38.0 | 36.0 | 26.0 | 21.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | kt | 210 | 204 | 208 | 204 | 247 |
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