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GDP growth in Iraq

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Iraq's gdp growth is -2.16 % — #124 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

-2.16%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Iraq over time

53.39 %8.36 %-36.66 %53.39 % · 2004-36.66 % · 20032000: 16.80 %2001: 1.77 %2002: -8.20 %2003: -36.66 %2004: 53.39 %2005: 1.68 %2006: 5.64 %2007: 1.89 %2008: 8.23 %2009: 3.38 %2010: 6.40 %2011: 7.55 %2012: 13.94 %2013: 7.63 %2014: 2.26 %2015: 2.61 %2016: 13.79 %2017: -1.82 %2018: 2.63 %2019: 5.51 %2020: -12.04 %2021: 1.50 %2022: 7.96 %2023: 0.52 %2024: -1.55 %2025: -2.16 %200020122025-2.16 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#124 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
2 %
3 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.61 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
55.54 pp
peak 53.39 % in 2004
Full series
▼ 18.95 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #34 of 36vs median 2.90 %: −5.06 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Iraq: ahead of 2 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthIraq -2.16 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Iraq is ahead of 2 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Iraq
122 Bolivia-1.58 %+0.57 pp
123 Myanmar-2.01 %+0.14 pp
124 Iraq-2.16 %—
125 Haiti-2.71 %−0.56 pp
126 Iran-2.83 %−0.67 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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