World Wheat Facts and Trends 1995/96

West Asia

 PRODUCERS
          Saudi    
    Afghanistan Iran Iraq Arabia Syria Turkey
  General indicators            
1 Estimated population, 1995 (million) 20.1 67.3 20.4 17.9 14.7 61.9
2 Estimated growth rate of population,            
  1993-2000 (%/yr) … 2.8 … 3.1 3.3 1.8
3 Per capita income 1994 (US $) … … … 7050 … 2500
4 Average per capita cereal production,            
  1993-95 (kg/yr) 167 256 147 256 397 477
5 Growth rate of per capita cereal production, 1985-95 (%/yr) -3.7 1.8 0.1 3.2 5.3 -1.7
               
  Production of wheat and all cereals            
6 Average wheat area harvested,            
  1993-95 (000 ha) 1620 7179 1785 603 1527 9772
7 Average wheat yield, 1993-95 (t/ha) 1.3 1.5 0.7 4.5 2.5 1.9
8 Average wheat production 1993-95 (000 t) 2053 10918 1283 2703 3841 18848
9 Growth rate of wheat area 1951-66 (%) 1.3 5.3 0.7 6.6 -0.1 2.6
10 Growth rate of wheat area 1966-77 (%) 1.1 1.1 -1 -1.4 5.2 1.3
11 Growth rate of wheat area 1977-1985 (%) -4.2 1.6 -1.6 29 -3.6 -0.3
12 Growth rate of wheat area 1985-95 (%) -0.5 1.5 5.6 0.1 3.3 0.6
13 Growth rate of wheat yield 1951-66 (%) -0.1 -1.5 1.5 1.3 1.8 0.4
14 Growth rate of wheat yield 1966-77 (%) 1.7 2.2 0.5 -0.4 2.8 3.5
15 Growth rate of wheat yield 1977-85 (%) 0.7 0.3 3.7 9.7 3.8 0.4
16 Growth rate of wheat yield 1985-95 (%) 0.3 4.1 -2.4 1.4 6.6 -0.3
17 Growth rate of wheat production, 1951-66 (%) 1.2 3.8 2.2 7.9 1.7 3
18 Growth rate of wheat production, 1966-77 (%) 2.8 3.3 -0.5 -1.8 8.1 4.8
19 Growth rate of wheat production, 1977-85 (%) -3.5 1.9 2.1 38.7 0.2 0.1
20 Growth rate of wheat production, 1985-95 (%) -0.2 5.6 3.2 1.5 9.9 0.3
21 Wheat area as percent of total cereal area (average), 1993-95 (%) 68 74 49 59 42 69
22 Average yield of all cereals, 1993-95 (t/ha) 1.3 1.7 0.8 4.4 1.6 2
23 Growth rate of yield of all cereals,            
  1951-95 (%/yr) 0.7 1.2 0.4 3 1.6 1.9
               
  Trade and utilization            
24 Average net imports of wheat, 1992-94 (000 t) 107 2954 1072 -1154 631 -1884
25 Average net imports of wheat per capita,            
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 6 46 55 -67 46 -32
26 Average per capita wheat consumption,            
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 115 200 113 106 267 304
27 Growth rate of per capita wheat consumption, 1985-94 (%/yr) -4 1.5 -9.9 1.1 1.4 -0.9
               
  Prices and input use            
28 Percent of total wheat area under semidwarf wheat varieties, 1994 20 … … … 88 56
29 Nitrogen applied per hectare of wheat harvested, 1993-94 (kg nutrients/ha) … … … … 81 60
30 Farm prices of wheat, 1993-94 (US $/ton) 354 … … … … 186
31 Ratio of farm level nitrogen price to wheat price, 1993-94 1.5 … … … … 3.6
32 Farm wage in kg of wheat per day, 1993-94 4 … … … 9 38



West Asia (cont'd) CONSUMERS Regional
            total or
    Yemen Jordan Lebanon Oman average
  General indicators          
1 Estimated population, 1995 (million) 14.5 5.5 3 2.2 228.1
2 Estimated growth rate of population,          
  1993-2000 (%/yr) 3.3 3.3 … 4 2.6
3 Per capita income 1994 (US $) 280 1440 … 5140 3012
4 Average per capita cereal production,          
  1993-95 (kg/yr) 59 20 25 3 285
5 Growth rate of per capita cereal production, 1985-95 (%/yr) -1.2 0 4.1 5.6 -0.4
             
  Production of wheat and all cereals          
6 Average wheat area harvested,          
  1993-95 (000 ha) 103 62 22 … 22675
7 Average wheat yield, 1993-95 (t/ha) 1.6 1 2.1 … 1.8
8 Average wheat production 1993-95 (000 t) 167 63 46 … 39924
9 Growth rate of wheat area 1951-66 (%) 6 -0.3 -0.2 … 2.6
10 Growth rate of wheat area 1966-77 (%) 9.8 -5.1 -3.7 … 1.3
11 Growth rate of wheat area 1977-1985 (%) -1.6 -5.7 -14.7 … -0.1
12 Growth rate of wheat area 1985-95 (%) 4.3 -2 1.3 … 1.3
13 Growth rate of wheat yield 1951-66 (%) 0.5 1.1 1.5 … 0.2
14 Growth rate of wheat yield 1966-77 (%) -0.8 -0.4 3.4 … 2.8
15 Growth rate of wheat yield 1977-85 (%) -1.9 9.9 1.8 … 1.2
16 Growth rate of wheat yield 1985-95 (%) 2.3 4.2 3.6 … 1.2
17 Growth rate of wheat production, 1951-66 (%) 6.5 0.8 1.3 … 2.8
18 Growth rate of wheat production, 1966-77 (%) 9 -5.6 -0.3 … 4.1
19 Growth rate of wheat production, 1977-85 (%) -3.6 4.2 -12.9 … 1.1
20 Growth rate of wheat production, 1985-95 (%) 6.6 2.2 4.9 … 2.5
21 Wheat area as percent of total cereal area (average), 1993-95 (%) 14 53 59 22 64
22 Average yield of all cereals, 1993-95 (t/ha) 1.1 1 1.9 2.2 1.8
23 Growth rate of yield of all cereals,          
  1951-95 (%/yr) 0.5 1.6 1.8 2.2 1.6
             
  Trade and utilization          
24 Average net imports of wheat, 1992-94 (000 t) 1653 582 396 146 4586
25 Average net imports of wheat per capita,          
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 125 113 141 73 21
26 Average per capita wheat consumption,          
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 124 119 145 0 203
27 Growth rate of per capita wheat consumption, 1985-94 (%/yr) 2.4 0.2 0.9 … -0.9
             
  Prices and input use          
28 Percent of total wheat area under semidwarf wheat varieties, 1994 … … … … …
29 Nitrogen applied per hectare of wheat harvested, 1993-94 (kg nutrients/ha) … … … … …
30 Farm prices of wheat, 1993-94 (US $/ton) … … … … …
31 Ratio of farm level nitrogen price to wheat price, 1993-94 … … … … …
32 Farm wage in kg of wheat per day, 1993-94 … … … … …

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