Iraq

  • Key Indicators

    Summary Statistics
    Region: Western Asia           
    Surface area: 435052 km2
    Population (2023): 45,504,560
    Capital city: Baghdad             
    Currency: Iraqi Dinar (IQD)
     

    Description 2021 2022 2023
    National Accounts
    Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) 7.7 9.3 4
    GDP (current prices, billions of US$) 206.75 282.88 273.92
    GDP per capita (current prices, $US per capita) 5,021.07 6,695.85 6,319.58
    Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) 6.00 6.50 4.50
    Trade
    Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 13,255    
    Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 4,373    
    Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) 66,217    
    Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) 86,298    
    Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) 3,882,834    
    Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) 77,853,330    
    BOP (BALANCE OF PAYMENTS)
    Current account, balance (billions of $US) 16.184 46.121 35.487
    Current account, balance (% of GDP) 7.8 16.3 13
    FINANCE
    General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) -0.8 11.1 9.2
    General government gross debt (% of GDP) 59.1 36.7 34.8
    EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS
    Population 43,533,592 44,496,122 45,504,560
    Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 16.17