Iraq GDP: $254.37 Billion in 2025, With a Sourced Table

The World Bank reports Iraq’s gross domestic product at $254.37 billion in 2025, measured in current US dollars. That is the latest year available in its GDP series as of October 8, 2026. It measures the size of the economy—not GDP per person or inflation-adjusted growth. Source: World Bank GDP indicator.

For a public data page, start with the annual series below, retain the original dollar values in your spreadsheet, and show billions to readers.

Iraq GDP, 2020–2025

Year	GDP, current US$ billions
2020	180.90
2021	209.69
2022	287.37
2023	268.88
2024	279.64
2025	254.37

Source and scope: World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD, country IRQ. Values are rounded to two decimal places after dividing the source values by one billion. The World Bank API response reports a database update date of July 13, 2026; this table was checked on October 8, 2026.

The World Bank defines this indicator as GDP at current prices, with no adjustment for price changes over time, expressed in US dollars. Label it “nominal GDP” or “GDP, current US$,” rather than simply “GDP” in a chart or column header. Indicator definition.

Nominal GDP change and real GDP growth are different measures

Using the unrounded values, Iraq’s nominal dollar GDP fell by approximately 9.0% between 2024 and 2025. That calculation is:

(2025 nominal GDP / 2024 nominal GDP - 1) × 100

It is not Iraq’s real GDP growth rate. The World Bank’s separate, constant-price growth series reports −2.16% for 2025, or −2.2% rounded to one decimal place. Keep these measures in separate columns and chart them separately: one is a dollar level, the other a percentage change in inflation-adjusted output. Growth values; growth indicator definition.

GDP per capita is another distinct measure. The World Bank lists Iraq’s 2025 GDP per capita at approximately $5,410 in current US dollars. Do not place that number in the total-GDP column. World Bank Iraq profile.

Oil is important context, but not a complete explanation for every annual movement. In its July 2025 assessment, the IMF identified crude oil as Iraq’s main product and export and described lower oil revenues and financing constraints as headwinds. That assessment provides context—not proof that oil alone caused the later change in the GDP series. IMF Iraq assessment.

Prepare the spreadsheet for publication

Use one row per year for this single-indicator table. Recommended fields are:

• country and country_code: Iraq and IRQ.
• year: a numeric year, not a formatted date.
• indicator_code: NY.GDP.MKTP.CD.
• gdp_current_usd: the original numeric value from the source.
• gdp_current_usd_billions: the original value divided by 1000000000.
• source_url, source_database_updated, and retrieved_on: provenance that travels with the rows.

For example, the source value for 2025 is 254367293538.462; its billions value is 254.367293538462. Display 254.37, but calculate changes from the unrounded field. Keep dollar signs, commas and the word “billion” out of numeric cells. Leave missing observations blank rather than replacing them with zero.

If you add IMF forecasts, identify them explicitly and preserve the release date. Do not silently append projections to this World Bank series as though they were equivalent observations.

Publish a page readers can interpret

1. Export the reviewed table. Use CSV or a supported spreadsheet format, with one header row and no merged cells or embedded subtotal rows.
2. Upload the public dataset. TablePage supports CSV, TSV, XLSX and XLS uploads and generates a public dataset page with a shareable link and filterable table. Upload only the reviewed public file—not a workbook containing private notes or sensitive tabs.
3. Check the reader-facing result. Confirm that years and GDP values behave as numbers, the initial year order is chronological, and units and provenance remain visible. If using a chart, title it “Iraq GDP, current US$ billions, 2020–2025,” not “Iraq economic growth.”

Use this caption beside the shared table:

Iraq’s annual nominal GDP in current US dollars, 2020–2025. Displayed values are rounded to billions; calculations use unrounded source values. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Retrieved October 8, 2026. Dollar-value changes are not real GDP growth rates.

For more on describing units, rows and missing values, see accessible data table captions and summaries.