Agriculture in Iran: production, rankings and trends
Main agricultural products in Iran with FAOSTAT histories, records, yields and global rankings.
Products184products with a statistical page
Best world positionN°2best rank among tracked products
Products ranked world #10products currently ranked first
Top-10 products53products in the global top ten
What the data show
The currently eligible series for Iran cover 184 products. 0 products currently place Iran at world rank #1. In total, 53 products rank in the global Top 10.
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How many products are covered for Iran?
184 products currently have an eligible page in this language.
What is best world rank?
Best position means the highest rank reached among tracked products. For Iran it is #2, and 0 products currently rank world #1.
What is the source of Iran agricultural data?
The core series come from FAOSTAT. Terra Cultiva then calculates trends, records and rankings.
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| Product | Metric | Latest value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals, primary | Production | 24.51M t 2024 | #25 |
| Fruit Primary | Production | 16.99M t 2024 | #9 |
| Wheat | Production | 16.75M t 2024 | #14 |
| Sugar Crops Primary | Production | 14.24M t 2024 | #20 |
| Vegetables Primary | Production | 9.47M t 2024 | #15 |
| Sugar cane | Production | 9.15M t 2024 | #21 |
| Sugar beet | Production | 5.09M t 2024 | #12 |
| Citrus Fruit, Total | Production | 4.08M t 2024 | #10 |
| Barley | Production | 4.00M t 2024 | #11 |
| Rice | Production | 3.48M t 2024 | #24 |
| Tomatoes | Production | 3.23M t 2024 | #11 |
| Potatoes | Production | 2.92M t 2024 | #25 |
| Roots and Tubers, Total | Production | 2.92M t 2024 | #52 |
| Apples | Production | 2.35M t 2024 | #7 |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 2.34M t 2024 | #4 |
| Oranges | Production | 2.23M t 2024 | #9 |
| Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) | Production | 2.16M t 2024 | #9 |
| Grapes | Production | 1.57M t 2024 | #15 |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | Production | 1.31M t 2024 | #18 |
| Watermelons | Production | 1.28M t 2024 | #10 |
| Dates | Production | 1.18M t 2024 | #4 |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 1.03M t 2024 | #8 |
| Treenuts, Total | Production | 877.4k t 2024 | #6 |
| Hen eggs in shell, fresh | Production | 788.6k t 2024 | #19 |
| Peaches and nectarines | Production | 638.1k t 2024 | #7 |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | Production | 635.4k t 2024 | #4 |
| Tangerines, mandarins, clementines | Production | 618.9k t 2024 | #15 |
| Eggplants (aubergines) | Production | 596.9k t 2024 | #7 |
| Cantaloupes and other melons | Production | 569.8k t 2024 | #12 |
| Lemons and limes | Production | 509.9k t 2024 | #11 |
| Pulses, Total | Production | 460.8k t 2024 | #36 |
| Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent | Production | 435.0k t 2024 | #41 |
| Lettuce and chicory | Production | 434.9k t 2024 | #11 |
| Walnuts, in shell | Production | 411.3k t 2024 | #4 |
| Cucumbers and gherkins | Production | 391.3k t 2024 | #16 |
| Plums and sloes | Production | 378.4k t 2024 | #5 |
| Carrots and turnips | Production | 330.7k t 2024 | #24 |
| Pistachios, in shell | Production | 316.1k t 2024 | #3 |
| Apricots | Production | 304.1k t 2024 | #4 |
| Cabbages | Production | 300.4k t 2024 | #25 |
| Kiwi fruit | Production | 294.7k t 2024 | #5 |
| Rape or colza seed | Production | 280.0k t 2024 | #25 |
| Maize (corn) | Production | 269.8k t 2024 | #87 |
| Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent | Production | 233.3k t 2024 | #59 |
| Soya beans | Production | 200.0k t 2024 | #31 |
| Pumpkins, squash and gourds | Production | 188.9k t 2024 | #28 |
| Chick peas, dry | Production | 181.1k t 2024 | #11 |
| Beans, dry | Production | 160.8k t 2024 | #30 |
| Other stone fruits | Production | 155.7k t 2024 | #2 |
| Cherries | Production | 136.9k t 2024 | #5 |
| Sour cherries | Production | 136.1k t 2024 | #5 |
| Bananas | Production | 135.3k t 2024 | #57 |
| Almonds, in shell | Production | 132.1k t 2024 | #6 |
| Seed cotton, unginned | Production | 120.0k t 2024 | #29 |
| Olives | Production | 115.9k t 2024 | #18 |
| Spinach | Production | 99.7k t 2024 | #9 |
| Pears | Production | 95.4k t 2024 | #21 |
| Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) | Production | 93.7k t 2024 | #41 |
| Quinces | Production | 90.1k t 2024 | #3 |
| Pomelos and grapefruits | Production | 89.8k t 2024 | #13 |
| Tea leaves | Production | 80.0k t 2024 | #18 |
| Lentils, dry | Production | 78.3k t 2024 | #13 |
| Figs | Production | 75.4k t 2024 | #5 |
| Sunflower seed | Production | 66.0k t 2024 | #29 |
| Other beans, green | Production | 65.1k t 2024 | #17 |
| Strawberries | Production | 65.1k t 2024 | #22 |
| Anise, badian, coriander, cumin, caraway, fennel and juniper berries, raw | Production | 61.5k t 2024 | #5 |
| Cauliflowers and broccoli | Production | 60.4k t 2024 | #27 |
| Green garlic | Production | 60.3k t 2024 | #22 |
| Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens | Production | 46.4k t 2024 | #47 |
| Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent | Production | 42.0k t 2024 | #40 |
| Persimmons | Production | 30.3k t 2024 | #9 |
| Sesame seed | Production | 29.0k t 2024 | #26 |
| Melonseed | Production | 27.0k t 2024 | #8 |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | Production | 23.0k t 2024 | #37 |
| Asparagus | Production | 22.3k t 2024 | #11 |
| Unmanufactured tobacco | Production | 20.9k t 2024 | #26 |
| Artichokes | Production | 18.7k t 2024 | #13 |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | Production | 17.6k t 2024 | #26 |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | Production | 16.6k t 2024 | #12 |
| Peas, green | Production | 16.2k t 2024 | #35 |
| Hazelnuts, in shell | Production | 13.8k t 2024 | #8 |
| Groundnuts, excluding shelled | Production | 12.3k t 2024 | #64 |
| Millet | Production | 12.3k t 2024 | #45 |
| Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables | Production | 11.6k t 2024 | #22 |
| Safflower seed | Production | 4.9k t 2024 | #13 |
| Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. | Production | 4.0k t 2024 | #29 |
| Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw | Production | 3.9k t 2024 | #36 |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | Production | 905 t 2024 | #51 |
| Rye | Production | 446 t 2024 | #52 |
| Papayas | Production | 301 t 2024 | #62 |
| Hempseed | Production | 204 t 2024 | #8 |
| Castor oil seeds | Production | 27 t 2024 | #30 |
| Mustard seed | Production | 3.2 t 2024 | #16 |
| Milk, Total | Production | 8.51M t 2024 | #23 |
| Raw milk of cattle | Production | 7.70M t 2024 | #23 |
| Meat, Poultry | Production | 2.28M t 2024 | #14 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | Production | 2.27M t 2024 | #14 |
| Eggs Primary | Production | 788.6k t 2024 | #21 |
| Raw milk of sheep | Production | 392.1k t 2024 | #10 |
| Raw milk of goats | Production | 319.3k t 2024 | #15 |
| Sheep and Goat Meat | Production | 273.6k t 2024 | #12 |
| Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary | Production | 238.8k t 2024 | #48 |
| Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled | Production | 236.1k t 2024 | #12 |
| Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 235.2k t 2024 | #48 |
| Raw milk of buffalo | Production | 91.1k t 2024 | #11 |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 51.7k t 2024 | #29 |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 45.8k t 2024 | #10 |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | Production | 39.2k t 2024 | #11 |
| Meat of goat, fresh or chilled | Production | 37.5k t 2024 | #25 |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | Production | 32.6k t 2024 | #5 |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | Production | 30.1k t 2024 | #41 |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | Production | 8.0k t 2024 | #38 |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 6.7k t 2024 | #27 |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | Production | 6.7k t 2024 | #26 |
| Meat of camels, fresh or chilled | Production | 6.2k t 2024 | #18 |
| Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled | Production | 6.0k t 2024 | #29 |
| Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled | Production | 3.6k t 2024 | #19 |
| Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled | Production | 2.9k t 2024 | #36 |
| Meat of geese, fresh or chilled | Production | 2.6k t 2024 | #10 |
| Goat fat, unrendered | Production | 1.4k t 2024 | #21 |
| Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 1.2k t 2024 | #15 |
| Fat of camels | Production | 617 t 2024 | #14 |
| Raw hides and skins of buffaloes | Production | 614 t 2024 | #19 |
| Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 607 t 2024 | #19 |
| Buffalo fat, unrendered | Production | 132 t 2024 | #19 |
| Sheep and Goats | Stocks | 71.93M head 2024 | #9 |
| Sheep | Stocks | 53.82M head 2024 | #4 |
| Goats | Stocks | 18.11M head 2024 | #15 |
| Bees | Stocks | 7.26M units 2024 | #4 |
| Cattle and Buffaloes | Stocks | 5.74M head 2024 | #49 |
| Cattle | Stocks | 5.60M head 2024 | #48 |
| Skim milk of cows | Production | 4.76M t 2023 | #8 |
| Meat, Total | Production | 2.80M t 2024 | #27 |
| Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | Production | 1.62M t 2023 | #23 |
| Asses | Stocks | 1.57M head 2024 | #8 |
| Poultry Birds | Stocks | 1.04B head 2024 | #6 |
| Chickens | Stocks | 1.03B head 2024 | #6 |
| Molasses | Production | 683.4k t 2023 | #18 |
| Soya bean oil | Production | 449.0k t 2023 | #16 |
| Cheese (All Kinds) | Production | 354.1k t 2023 | #18 |
| Cheese from skimmed cow milk | Production | 247.2k t 2023 | #3 |
| Butter and Ghee | Production | 214.1k t 2023 | #11 |
| Butter of cow milk | Production | 200.7k t 2023 | #10 |
| Mules and hinnies | Stocks | 185.4k head 2024 | #8 |
| Camels | Stocks | 156.6k head 2024 | #24 |
| Buffalo | Stocks | 137.9k head 2024 | #21 |
| Horses | Stocks | 127.8k head 2024 | #43 |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | Production | 116.5k t 2023 | #26 |
| Beer of barley, malted | Production | 90.0k t 2023 | #101 |
| Natural honey | Production | 80.2k t 2024 | #5 |
| Cotton seed | Production | 72.0k t 2023 | #30 |
| Mushrooms and truffles | Production | 70.0k t 2024 | #15 |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | Production | 50.9k t 2023 | #47 |
| Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool | Production | 48.2k t 2024 | #8 |
| Margarine and shortening | Production | 43.4k t 2023 | #38 |
| Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed | Production | 40.2k t 2023 | #5 |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | Production | 40.0k t 2023 | #30 |
| Cotton lint, ginned | Production | 31.3k t 2023 | #32 |
| Tallow | Production | 30.0k t 2023 | #21 |
| Cream, fresh | Production | 28.4k t 2023 | #26 |
| Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed | Production | 15.8k t 2023 | #8 |
| Butter and ghee of sheep milk | Production | 13.4k t 2023 | #2 |
| Whey, dry | Production | 12.5k t 2023 | #26 |
| Oil of sesame seed | Production | 9.3k t 2023 | #18 |
| Olive oil | Production | 6.9k t 2023 | #20 |
| Cottonseed oil | Production | 6.4k t 2023 | #36 |
| Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 2.8k t 2024 | #41 |
| Turkeys | Stocks | 2.01M head 2024 | #17 |
| Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling | Production | 1.8k t 2024 | #7 |
| Ducks | Stocks | 1.60M head 2024 | #30 |
| Geese | Stocks | 984.0k head 2024 | #10 |
| Raw silk (not thrown) | Production | 276 t 2023 | #8 |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | Production | 0.00 t 2024 | #62 |
| Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry | Production | 42.4k t 2023 | #21 |
| Green tea (not fermented), black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg | Production | 23.8k t 2023 | #19 |
| Skim milk and whey powder | Production | 17.5k t 2023 | #29 |
| Evaporated & Condensed Milk | Production | 1.5k t 2023 | #61 |
| Whole milk, evaporated | Production | 1.1k t 2023 | #48 |
| Whole milk, condensed | Production | 384 t 2023 | #51 |
| Oil of linseed | Production | 0.00 t 2023 | #58 |
| Buttermilk, dry | Production | 24.8k t 2023 | #7 |
| Linseed | Production | 0.00 t 2014 | — |
| Jute, raw or retted | Production | 0.00 t 1993 | — |