Iraq
National power in Iraq
National power in Iraq: 0.11% of world capability in 1932 and 0.54% of world capability in 2022, by Correlates of War estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 0.54% of world capability
- Since 1932
- +0.43 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 34 of 195
- counting from the highest
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- The highest was 1.26% of world capability in 1990, the lowest 0.1% of world capability in 1933.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Iraq |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.54 |
| 2021 | 0.55 |
| 2020 | 0.56 |
| 2019 | 0.55 |
| 2018 | 0.52 |
| 2017 | 0.55 |
| 2016 | 0.5 |
| 2015 | 0.62 |
| 2014 | 0.66 |
| 2013 | 0.64 |
| 2012 | 0.62 |
| 2011 | 0.57 |
| 2010 | 0.76 |
| 2009 | 0.76 |
| 2008 | 0.77 |
| 2007 | 0.49 |
| 2006 | 0.5 |
| 2005 | 0.46 |
| 2004 | 0.56 |
| 2003 | 0.66 |
| 2002 | 0.67 |
| 2001 | 0.64 |
| 2000 | 0.62 |
| 1999 | 0.62 |
| 1998 | 0.62 |
| 1997 | 0.59 |
| 1996 | 0.63 |
| 1995 | 0.63 |
| 1994 | 0.64 |
| 1993 | 0.62 |
| 1992 | 0.61 |
| 1991 | 0.84 |
| 1990 | 1.26 |
| 1989 | 1.11 |
| 1988 | 1.09 |
| 1987 | 1.06 |
| 1986 | 0.96 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1983 | 0.81 |
| 1982 | 0.66 |
| 1981 | 0.66 |
| 1980 | 0.59 |
| 1979 | 0.59 |
| 1978 | 0.51 |
| 1977 | 0.37 |
| 1976 | 0.39 |
| 1975 | 0.35 |
| 1974 | 0.32 |
| 1973 | 0.27 |
| 1972 | 0.26 |
| 1971 | 0.25 |
| 1970 | 0.22 |
| 1969 | 0.22 |
| 1968 | 0.22 |
| 1967 | 0.23 |
| 1966 | 0.25 |
| 1965 | 0.24 |
| 1964 | 0.21 |
| 1963 | 0.2 |
| 1962 | 0.21 |
| 1961 | 0.21 |
| 1960 | 0.19 |
| 1959 | 0.18 |
| 1958 | 0.18 |
| 1957 | 0.17 |
| 1956 | 0.16 |
| 1955 | 0.15 |
| 1954 | 0.14 |
| 1953 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 0.13 |
| 1951 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 0.13 |
| 1947 | 0.18 |
| 1946 | 0.21 |
| 1945 | 0.21 |
| 1944 | 0.19 |
| 1943 | 0.18 |
| 1942 | 0.16 |
| 1941 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 0.15 |
| 1938 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 0.15 |
| 1936 | 0.14 |
| 1935 | 0.13 |
| 1934 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 0.1 |
| 1932 | 0.11 |
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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- 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
- Armed forces, share of workers4.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports55 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports20 million TIV in 1989