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Iraq — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Iraq, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-2.16%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -129.4% since 1961
GDP growth for Iraq was -2.16% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 57.82% in 1990. The lowest was -64.05% in 1991 (about 29.7× the latest value).
Iraq ranks 207 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.93%, so Iraq sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 104% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 183%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-2.16%
First (1961)
7.33%
Change
-129.4%
Highest
57.82%
in 1990
Lowest
-64.05%
in 1991
Average
6.74%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.16% |
| 2024 | -1.55% |
| 2023 | 0.52% |
| 2022 | 7.96% |
| 2021 | 1.5% |
| 2020 | -12.04% |
| 2019 | 5.51% |
| 2018 | 2.63% |
| 2017 | -1.82% |
| 2016 | 13.79% |
| 2015 | 2.61% |
| 2014 | 2.26% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.