Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Iraq
Iraq: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) was 4,026 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Iraq, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 4,026 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Iraq peaked at 5,453 USD in 1979 and was at its lowest, 1,243 USD, in 1991.
That places Iraq 142nd out of 228 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Iraq, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2,708 USD | — |
| 1971 | 2,798 USD | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 2,602 USD | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 2,990 USD | +14.9% |
| 1974 | 3,123 USD | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 3,456 USD | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 4,035 USD | +16.8% |
| 1977 | 3,975 USD | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 4,544 USD | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 5,453 USD | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 5,305 USD | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 4,223 USD | -20.4% |
| 1982 | 4,061 USD | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 3,616 USD | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 3,511 USD | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 3,427 USD | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 3,616 USD | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 4,200 USD | +16.1% |
| 1988 | 4,229 USD | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 3,752 USD | -11.3% |
| 1990 | 3,707 USD | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 1,243 USD | -66.5% |
| 1992 | 1,516 USD | +22.0% |
| 1993 | 2,146 USD | +41.6% |
| 1994 | 1,952 USD | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 1,542 USD | -21.0% |
| 1996 | 2,235 USD | +44.9% |
| 1997 | 2,641 USD | +18.2% |
| 1998 | 3,451 USD | +30.7% |
| 1999 | 3,929 USD | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 3,856 USD | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 3,824 USD | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 3,449 USD | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 2,239 USD | -35.1% |
| 2004 | 3,354 USD | +49.8% |
| 2005 | 3,311 USD | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 3,472 USD | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 3,566 USD | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 3,782 USD | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 3,768 USD | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 3,882 USD | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 4,030 USD | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 4,388 USD | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 4,505 USD | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 4,357 USD | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 4,440 USD | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 4,933 USD | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 4,736 USD | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 4,749 USD | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 4,942 USD | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 4,214 USD | -14.7% |
| 2021 | 4,183 USD | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 4,400 USD | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 4,177 USD | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 4,026 USD | -3.6% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 4,026 USD is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,583 USD, 61% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 4,026 USD is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,455 USD, 90% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Iraq changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -66.5% | 3,707 USD | 1,243 USD |
| 2004 | +49.8% | 2,239 USD | 3,354 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3,568 USD | 2,602 USD | 5,453 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,994 USD | 3,427 USD | 5,305 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,436 USD | 1,243 USD | 3,929 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,462 USD | 2,239 USD | 3,856 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,496 USD | 3,882 USD | 4,942 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,200 USD | 4,026 USD | 4,400 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More economy & growth data for Iraq
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.44 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.56 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 165.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 6.85 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 152.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 5 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0074 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Iraq?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Iraq was 4,026 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 5,453 USD in 1979.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,243 USD in 1991.
- How does Iraq rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Iraq ranks 142nd out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).