Iraq — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Iraq, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Iraq was 5,410 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10,261 in 1990. The lowest was 23 in 1991 (about 235.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.06% per year.
Iraq ranks 135 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 64%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Iraq sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 47% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 22%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 11 of 23 economies; Jordan (5,348) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 269% in 1994. That is 3% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 1979. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 66th of 111 in 1960 → 87th of 146 in 1970 → 51st of 163 in 1980 → 41st of 192 in 1990 → 104th of 204 in 2000 → 123rd of 212 in 2010 → 128th of 210 in 2020 → 114th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,409.68 | -10.9% |
| 2024 | 6,073.61 | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 5,965.32 | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 6,520.73 | +33.9% |
| 2021 | 4,868.49 | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 4,295.19 | -24.3% |
| 2019 | 5,671.86 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 5,646.69 | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 4,759.28 | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 4,334.42 | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 4,440.14 | -29.0% |
| 2014 | 6,249.39 | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 6,650.35 | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 6,477.6 | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 5,775.54 | +29.4% |
| 2010 | 4,461.75 | +20.1% |
| 2009 | 3,714.71 | -18.2% |
| 2008 | 4,542.97 | +45.2% |
| 2007 | 3,128.99 | +37.4% |
| 2006 | 2,276.55 | +29.2% |
| 2005 | 1,762.39 | +32.7% |
| 2004 | 1,328.37 | +62.4% |
| 2003 | 817.89 | -35.4% |
| 2002 | 1,266.16 | -11.8% |
| 2001 | 1,435.7 | -27.5% |
| 2000 | 1,980.19 | +26.9% |
| 1999 | 1,560.36 | +73.2% |
| 1998 | 900.94 | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 936.34 | +93.0% |
| 1996 | 485.26 | -21.6% |
| 1995 | 619.14 | +212.4% |
| 1994 | 198.18 | +268.8% |
| 1993 | 53.74 | +77.6% |
| 1992 | 30.25 | +31.8% |
| 1991 | 22.95 | -99.8% |
| 1990 | 10,261.42 | +170.7% |
| 1989 | 3,791.17 | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 3,707.21 | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 3,436.48 | +16.9% |
| 1986 | 2,940.41 | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 3,087.66 | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 3,065.72 | +11.8% |
| 1983 | 2,743.35 | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 2,941.97 | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 2,700.41 | -30.2% |
| 1980 | 3,867.65 | +34.7% |
| 1979 | 2,871.33 | +54.1% |
| 1978 | 1,863.22 | +15.8% |
| 1977 | 1,608.8 | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 1,488.54 | +27.7% |
| 1975 | 1,165.88 | +13.1% |
| 1974 | 1,031.25 | +116.8% |
| 1973 | 475.59 | +20.6% |
| 1972 | 394.42 | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 383.55 | +13.8% |
| 1970 | 337.04 | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 319.86 | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 318.83 | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 290.64 | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 298.21 | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 284.78 | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 269.42 | +14.4% |
| 1963 | 235.51 | -2.1% |
| 1962 | 240.65 | +3.6% |
| 1961 | 232.39 | +6.2% |
| 1960 | 218.92 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Iraq’s GDP per capita in 1961?
232.39 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Iraq’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Iraq’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2371.1% in total — about 5.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 5,409.68; 2024: 6,073.61; 2023: 5,965.32; 2022: 6,520.73; 2021: 4,868.49. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.