Iraq
Iraq in numbers — 18 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Iraq recorded GDP per capita: 5,410 (2025), ranking 135 of 212 worldwide; Population: 47.02 million (2025), ranking 34 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 72.4 (2024), ranking 132 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 0.30% (2025), ranking 168 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+16447%) and GDP growth the largest decrease (-129%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 18 comparable series are higher and 8 are lower.
Its population of 47.02 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 18 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 254,367,293,538.46 | 2025 | +16446.9% |
| GDP per capita | 5,409.68 | 2025 | +2371.1% |
| GDP growth | -2.16% | 2025 | -129.4% |
| Population | 47,020,774 | 2025 | +569.6% |
| Population growth | 2.1% | 2025 | -13.3% |
| Urban population | 69.94% | 2025 | +59.0% |
| Inflation | 0.3% | 2025 | -91.3% |
| Life expectancy | 72.42 | 2024 | +40.7% |
| Infant mortality | 20.1 | 2024 | -85.4% |
| CO2 per capita | 5.18 | 2024 | +114.2% |
| Labor participation | 41.53% | 2025 | -2.2% |
| Unemployment | 15.49% | 2025 | +79.2% |
| GDP (PPP) | 670,835,815,567.88 | 2025 | +600.6% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 14,266.8 | 2025 | +210.3% |
| Internet users | 81.47% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +3.3% |
| Forest area | 1.9% | 2023 | +3.4% |
| Health spending | 5.53% | 2023 | +84.6% |