Description of Agricultural sector Index Number
1. Data Source:
Since 2001 index number has been considered to be one of the most important statistical
indicators that measure changes in the indicators of different economic activities calculated
according to a fixed base to prepare plans for enhancing these activities.
Directorate of Index Numbers prepared this report which includes index numbers of
agricultural production and field prices of agricultural products excluding Kurdistan Region
taking 2007 as a base year .
2. Methodology
Reports of Directorate of Agricultural Statistics; reports of vegetable production, livestock
and fishery as well as field prices of agricultural products are adopted to calculate index
numbers in August of each year while prices and quantities of hides, hair and wool are
taken from Directorate of National Accounts.
Work Duration: approximately one month.
3. Concepts and Definitions ( Indicators):
Agricultural Products Basket
Commodity basket includes 84 agricultural products classified and tabulated into 19 groups ,
12 of which for vegetable products,6 for livestock products and 1 for fishing :
Vegetable Products Groups
Include 68 vegetable products classified into groups of cereals, oil seeds, tubers and
pulbs, legumes, crops used for industrial purposes, vegetables, citrus, stone fruits,
other fruits, dates, forage crops and accidental products.
Livestock Groups
Include 15 products classified into groups of red meat, eggs, chicken meat, milk,
hides and wool.
Fishery group
Include only sea and river fishing.
4. Method of Calculation
Index numbers of production quantities were calculated according to Lasperes
Formula weighted by 2007 base year as follows:
Q 
 Q Q  W 100
W
1
0
Where:
IQ : Index number of agricultural production quantities
Q1: Quantity of certain product in the comparison year
Q0: Quantity of certain product in the base year
W: Weight of product in the base year
Lasperes formula is also used to calculate the index numbers of agricultural products
field prices as follows:
 
5.
   W 100
W
1
0
Where:
Ip: Index number of agricultural products field prices
P1: Field price of certain product in the comparison year
P0: Field price of certain product in the base year
W: Weight of product in the base year
Noting that the weight (W) is calculated for each product by dividing its production
value to the sum of production value of all agricultural production in the base year
2007 where both formula above mentioned are used to calculate the index numbers
of production quantities and field prices of products main and sub groups as well as
the general index number of agricultural production.
5. Classifications: No classifications
6. Data Availability
 Index numbers data of agricultural sector are disseminated at Iraq level.
 The report has been annually produced since 2001.
 Data are available on CSO web in PDF and Excel format.