Oil production, per square kilometre in Iraq
Iraq: Oil production, per square kilometre was 0.0057 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
0.0057 terawatt-hours per square kilometre
Change on year
down 3.7%
World rank
7th
of 205 countries
All-time high
0.0063 terawatt-hours per square kilometre
in 2019
All-time low
0.0004 terawatt-hours per square kilometre
in 1991
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Oil production, per square kilometre in Iraq, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in terawatt-hours per square kilometre.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 0.0057 terawatt-hours per square kilometre for oil production, per square kilometre in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and up 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil production, per square kilometre in Iraq peaked at 0.0063 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 terawatt-hours per square kilometre, in 1991.
That places Iraq 7th out of 205 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil production, per square kilometre in Iraq, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +15.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0016 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0017 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0018 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0016 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -11.8% |
| 1968 | 0.002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +22.7% |
| 1969 | 0.002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0022 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0019 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0026 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +37.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0026 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.003 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +14.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0032 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0031 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0034 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0046 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +35.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0035 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -23.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0012 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -66.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0014 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0016 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0019 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0025 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +33.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0031 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +25.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0036 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +16.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0037 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0028 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -24.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0004 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -86.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0007 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +87.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0006 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -14.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0007 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0007 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0008 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0028 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +82.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0034 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +23.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0034 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0033 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0028 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -16.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0018 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -36.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0027 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +51.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0024 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0026 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0028 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0032 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0032 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0032 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0036 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0041 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0041 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0043 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0052 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +23.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0058 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 0.006 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0061 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0063 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0054 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -13.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0054 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0059 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0057 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | -3.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 0.0057 terawatt-hours per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0 terawatt-hours per square kilometre, 915.5× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 0.0057 terawatt-hours per square kilometre is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0003 terawatt-hours per square kilometre, 18.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil production, per square kilometre in Iraq changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -86.8% | 0.0028 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0004 terawatt-hours per square kilometre |
| 1997 | +100.0% | 0.0008 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre |
| 1992 | +87.5% | 0.0004 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0007 terawatt-hours per square kilometre |
| 1998 | +82.3% | 0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0028 terawatt-hours per square kilometre |
| 1981 | -66.0% | 0.0035 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0012 terawatt-hours per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0017 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0029 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0019 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0046 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0024 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0012 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0037 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0014 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0004 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0034 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0028 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0018 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0034 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0049 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0032 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0063 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0056 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0054 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 0.0059 terawatt-hours per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 4 United Arab Emirates 0.0295 terawatt-hours per square kilometre compare
- 5 Brunei 0.0096 terawatt-hours per square kilometre compare
- 6 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0077 terawatt-hours per square kilometre compare
- 8 Azerbaijan 0.0043 terawatt-hours per square kilometre compare
- 9 Norway 0.003 terawatt-hours per square kilometre compare
- 10 Saudi Arabia 0.0029 terawatt-hours per square kilometre compare
More energy & mining data for Iraq
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 22.9% (2014)
- Ores and metals imports 3.4% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil production, per square kilometre in Iraq?
- Oil production, per square kilometre in Iraq was 0.0057 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest oil production, per square kilometre recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0063 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest oil production, per square kilometre recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Iraq rank for oil production, per square kilometre?
- Iraq ranks 7th out of 205 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Oil production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Oil production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Oil production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Oil production Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Oil production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.