Iraq
Inflation in Iraq
Inflation in Iraq: 37% a year in 2005 and 0.3% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 0.3% a year
- Since 2005
- −36.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 161 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3.8% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3.8% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 53.2% a year in 2006, the lowest -2.8% a year in 2009.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Iraq |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 2.6 |
| 2023 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | -0.2 |
| 2018 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 0.5 |
| 2015 | 1.4 |
| 2014 | 2.2 |
| 2013 | 1.9 |
| 2012 | 6.1 |
| 2011 | 5.6 |
| 2010 | 2.4 |
| 2009 | -2.8 |
| 2008 | 2.7 |
| 2007 | 30.8 |
| 2006 | 53.2 |
| 2005 | 37 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Iraq |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.5 |
| 2027 | 3 |
| 2028 | 2.7 |
| 2029 | 3.2 |
| 2030 | 3.6 |
| 2031 | 3.8 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Iraq in numbers
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Military
- Military spending2.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$6.4B in 2025
- Military spending per person$139 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel459,000 people in 2020
- National power0.54% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports55 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports20 million TIV in 1989