Investment share of GDP in Iraq

Investment in Iraq was equal to 19.1% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2018.

Iraq, 2024 19.1% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −1.2percentage points 2023: 20.3%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 128th of 169 See the full ranking

Investment share of GDP 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.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period IraqWorld
2024 19.1% 26.3%
2023 20.3% 26.7%
2022 24.3% 27.5%
2021 21.4% 27.2%
2020 22.3% 26.5%
2019 22.7% 26.6%
2018 17.6% 26.7%
2017 17.9% 26.1%
2016 17.9% 25.7%
2015 20.4% 25.9%
2014 18.2% 25.9%
2013 20.3% 25.6%
2012 13.4% 25.5%
2011 16.8% 25.3%
2010 15.9% 24.6%
2009 11.3% 23.4%
2008 15.2% 25.5%
2007 9.3% 25.5%
2006 18.9% 25.0%
2005 22.2% 24.5%
2004 16.9% 24.1%
2003 10.7% 23.4%
2002 18.2% 23.3%
2001 43.4% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 percentage points from 20.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 18.2%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2024, Iraq has the 128th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 26.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices