Food and Agriculture Around the World
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Iran (IRN)

Tracking world statistics on Food and Agriculture

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Prevalence of undernourishment6.8972023
Cereal yield2,4201092024
Agricultural land29.011302023
Food production index83.891832022
Employment in agriculture13.62892025

What each indicator means

Prevalence of undernourishment
Share of the population whose food intake is persistently below the energy needed for a healthy life.
Cereal yield
Cereal harvested per hectare of land — a measure of how productive the land is.
Agricultural land
Share of land area used as cropland, permanent crops or pasture.
Food production index
Output of edible crops and livestock, indexed to a base period of 100.
Employment in agriculture
Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing. It tends to fall as incomes rise.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 210 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Prevalence of undernourishment6.8 %97 / 1695.3 %Algeria 2.5Haiti 54.2
Cereal yield2,420 kg/ha109 / 1813,310 kg/haOman 29,147Cape Verde 40.3
Agricultural land29.01 %130 / 21037.96 %Côte d’Ivoire 86.48Suriname 0.45
Food production index83.89 index183 / 195106.08 indexSenegal 177.49Gambia 71.08
Employment in agriculture13.62 %89 / 18714.39 %Singapore 0.1Burundi 85.34

Countries ranked next to it: Fiji, Peru, Madagascar, Lebanon, Indonesia, Brazil, Mauritius, Armenia