Real GDP growth in Iraq

Real GDP in Iraq changed by -2.2% in 2025.

Measure: Real GDP growth (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Iraq, 2025 -2.2% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.6percentage points 2024: -1.5%
World, 2025 2.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 183rd of 186 See the full ranking

Real GDP growth in Iraq over time

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

Real GDP growth (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period IraqWorld
2025 -2.2% 2.9%
2024 -1.5% 2.9%
2023 0.5% 2.9%
2022 8.0% 3.4%
2021 1.5% 6.5%
2020 -12.0% -2.9%
2019 5.5% 2.7%
2018 2.6% 3.3%
2017 -1.8% 3.4%
2016 13.8% 2.8%
2015 2.6% 3.1%
2014 2.3% 3.2%
2013 7.6% 2.9%
2012 13.9% 2.7%
2011 7.5% 3.3%
2010 6.4% 4.5%
2009 3.4% -1.3%
2008 8.2% 2.1%
2007 1.9% 4.4%
2006 5.6% 4.5%
2005 1.7% 4.1%
2004 53.4% 4.5%
2003 -36.7% 3.1%
2002 -8.2% 2.3%
2001 1.8% 2.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from -1.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.6%, the figure has changed by −4.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Iraq has the 183rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 2.9%.

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
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices