Iraq vs Upper middle income: Services, value added
Services, value added over time
- Iraq
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 7.9% against 4.7% in Upper middle income, a difference of 3.2%.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.7 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 22 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Iraq ahead.
Iraq ranks 18th and Upper middle income ranks 18th of 196 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 33.8% | 7.2% | 26.6% | Iraq |
| 1980s | 2.3% | 4.3% | 2.0% | Upper middle income |
| 1990s | 4.2% | 4.6% | 0.4% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 6.8% | 1.4% | Iraq |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 6.0% | 1.6% | Upper middle income |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 4.3% | 0.9% | Upper middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher services, value added, Iraq or Upper middle income?
- Iraq, at 7.9% against 4.7% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in services, value added between Iraq and Upper middle income?
- 3.2%, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Upper middle income?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2025.
- How do Iraq and Upper middle income rank globally for services, value added?
- Iraq ranks 18th and Upper middle income ranks 18th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.