Life expectancy
72.4 · 2024
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Iraq
$6,074GDP per capita · 2024
Long-run GDP per capita
Real GDP per capita in 2011 international dollars, 1 AD–2022. Maddison Project Database 2023.
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
46M · 2024
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Population growth
2.1% · 2024
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Urban population
69.9% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
5.2 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
3.0% · 2024
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Current account balance (IMF)
-1.7% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
27.4% · 2018
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Government gross debt
53.9% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
15.5% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
No data
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Output & growth
GDP
$279.6B · 2024
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GDP (IMF)
$264.2B · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 699.2B · 2025
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GDP growth
-1.5% · 2024
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GDP per capita
$6,074 · 2024
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$5,803 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$6,030 · 2024
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Real GDP growth
-0.4% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
-12.3% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
0.3% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
29.8 · 2023
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Internet users
81.5% · 2024
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Trade
Exports
37.5% · 2024
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Imports
33.2% · 2024
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Trade
70.7% · 2024
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