IQD
Iraq
Iraq's GDP growth is -2.16 %, ranked 124th of 127. And its unemployment rate is 15.48 %, ranked 119th of 124.
Of 10 fields published for Iraq, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
42 % of US prices
Money's value
12.70 %
100 saved in Iraq in 2000 buys what 13 buys today — 87 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$626 PPP/mo
The law in Iraq sets the floor at about $626 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
0.30 %
At 0.3 % a year, prices double in about 240 years if it holds.
Public holidays
7 days
ranked 92nd of 104
Debt per person
$1,484
ranked 26th of 123
Inflation rate
0.30 %
ranked 79th of 123
Price level
42 % of US prices
ranked 57th of 125
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Botswana
avg gap 15.7 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 0.30 % (Iraq) vs 2.66 %
Algeria
avg gap 18.8 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — -2.16 % (Iraq) vs 3.82 %
South Africa
avg gap 19.2 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 0.30 % (Iraq) vs 3.21 %
Tunisia
avg gap 23.2 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 0.30 % (Iraq) vs 5.15 %
| Minimum wage | $626 PPP/mo | ranked 41st of 85 | |
| Government debt | 53.90 % | ranked 60th of 124 |
✓ 10 fields published for Iraq, every one dated and sourced · 25 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Iraq: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 10 figures
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2018
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2024
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 27.438248367378 → 53.9 |