Current account balance in Iraq

The current account balance of Iraq was 1.9% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Iraq, 2025 1.9% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −1.1percentage points 2024: 3.0%

Current account balance in Iraq over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2005 to 2025
Period Iraq
2025 1.9%
2024 3.0%
2023 10.6%
2022 20.2%
2021 11.7%
2020 -3.5%
2019 6.7%
2018 15.1%
2017 8.0%
2016 1.3%
2015 -1.7%
2014 6.9%
2013 6.9%
2012 13.6%
2011 14.1%
2010 4.7%
2009 -1.0%
2008 21.6%
2007 17.5%
2006 4.1%
2005 -6.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from 3.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -1.7%, the figure has changed by +3.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2005 to 2025 for Iraq
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics