Iraq
Temperature in Iraq
Temperature in Iraq: 20.8 °C in 1950 and 24 °C in 2025, by ERA5 observations.
- Latest, 2025
- 24 °C
- Since 1950
- +3.2 °C
- Rank, 2025
- 112 of 233
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- 25.7 °C
- CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)
°C · ERA5
What the numbers say
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts it at 25.7 °C in 2100, between 24.9 °C and 27 °C (models’ 10th–90th percentile).
- The highest was 24.7 °C in 2010, the lowest 20.6 °C in 1967.
Every year
°C · ERA5
| Year | Observed, ERA5 | CMIP6 historical run, model median |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 23.8 |
| 2024 | 24 | 23.8 |
| 2023 | 24.1 | 23.7 |
| 2022 | 24 | 23.6 |
| 2021 | 24.6 | 23.5 |
| 2020 | 23.9 | 23.4 |
| 2019 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| 2018 | 24.1 | 23.5 |
| 2017 | 23.8 | 23.4 |
| 2016 | 23.6 | 23.3 |
| 2015 | 23.6 | 23.4 |
| 2014 | 23.4 | 23.3 |
| 2013 | 22.8 | 23.1 |
| 2012 | 23.4 | 23.1 |
| 2011 | 22.4 | 23.1 |
| 2010 | 24.7 | 23 |
| 2009 | 23.1 | 22.9 |
| 2008 | 23.2 | 22.9 |
| 2007 | 23.2 | 22.8 |
| 2006 | 23.2 | 22.9 |
| 2005 | 23 | 22.8 |
| 2004 | 22.9 | 22.8 |
| 2003 | 23 | 22.9 |
| 2002 | 23 | 22.9 |
| 2001 | 23.5 | 22.9 |
| 2000 | 23 | 22.7 |
| 1999 | 23.7 | 22.7 |
| 1998 | 23.6 | 22.6 |
| 1997 | 22 | 22.5 |
| 1996 | 23.2 | 22.5 |
| 1995 | 22.5 | 22.3 |
| 1994 | 22.9 | 22.2 |
| 1993 | 22 | 22 |
| 1992 | 20.7 | 21.8 |
| 1991 | 22.2 | 22.3 |
| 1990 | 22.4 | 22.4 |
| 1989 | 22.2 | 22.2 |
| 1988 | 21.9 | 22.1 |
| 1987 | 22.4 | 22.1 |
| 1986 | 22.1 | 22.3 |
| 1985 | 22 | 22.1 |
| 1984 | 21.5 | 22.1 |
| 1983 | 21.4 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 20.8 | 21.9 |
| 1981 | 22.3 | 22.1 |
| 1980 | 22 | 22 |
| 1979 | 23 | 22 |
| 1978 | 22.3 | 21.8 |
| 1977 | 22 | 21.9 |
| 1976 | 21.1 | 21.9 |
| 1975 | 21.3 | 21.8 |
| 1974 | 21.2 | 21.9 |
| 1973 | 21.5 | 21.9 |
| 1972 | 20.6 | 21.9 |
| 1971 | 21.2 | 21.8 |
| 1970 | 21.8 | 21.8 |
| 1969 | 21.8 | 21.9 |
| 1968 | 21.5 | 21.8 |
| 1967 | 20.6 | 21.8 |
| 1966 | 22.5 | 21.7 |
| 1965 | 21.6 | 21.7 |
| 1964 | 20.8 | 21.7 |
| 1963 | 21.7 | 21.8 |
| 1962 | 22.9 | 21.9 |
| 1961 | 21.4 | 22 |
| 1960 | 22.2 | 22 |
| 1959 | 21 | 22 |
| 1958 | 21.9 | 21.9 |
| 1957 | 21.3 | 22.1 |
| 1956 | 21.2 | 21.8 |
| 1955 | 21.9 | 21.9 |
| 1954 | 21.7 | 22 |
| 1953 | 20.9 | 22.1 |
| 1952 | 21.8 | 22 |
| 1951 | 21.9 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 20.8 | 22 |
- 12.3Projected
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2026–2100
| Year | Observed, ERA5 | CMIP6 historical run, model median |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | 23.723–24.6 |
| 2027 | – | 23.723.2–24.9 |
| 2028 | – | 23.722.9–24.5 |
| 2029 | – | 23.723.1–24.6 |
| 2030 | – | 23.923.2–24.9 |
| 2031 | – | 2423.4–24.6 |
| 2032 | – | 23.823–24.6 |
| 2033 | – | 2423.5–25.1 |
| 2034 | – | 24.123.2–24.9 |
| 2035 | – | 24.223.5–24.9 |
| 2036 | – | 2423.3–24.6 |
| 2037 | – | 24.223.1–25.1 |
| 2038 | – | 24.323.3–25.1 |
| 2039 | – | 24.523.4–25.2 |
| 2040 | – | 24.323.6–25.1 |
| 2041 | – | 24.423.7–25 |
| 2042 | – | 24.423.5–25.1 |
| 2043 | – | 24.323.6–25.3 |
| 2044 | – | 24.423.5–25.3 |
| 2045 | – | 24.523.8–25.6 |
| 2046 | – | 24.723.9–25.3 |
| 2047 | – | 24.623.9–25.3 |
| 2048 | – | 24.323.7–25.6 |
| 2049 | – | 24.623.7–25.2 |
| 2050 | – | 24.824.1–25.7 |
| 2051 | – | 24.724.2–25.6 |
| 2052 | – | 24.724–25.8 |
| 2053 | – | 24.824–25.8 |
| 2054 | – | 24.823.8–25.9 |
| 2055 | – | 25.124.2–26 |
| 2056 | – | 24.823.8–25.9 |
| 2057 | – | 24.923.9–25.8 |
| 2058 | – | 24.923.9–26.1 |
| 2059 | – | 2523.9–26.1 |
| 2060 | – | 24.723.8–26.4 |
| 2061 | – | 25.124–25.8 |
| 2062 | – | 25.124.1–26 |
| 2063 | – | 25.123.9–26.2 |
| 2064 | – | 25.124–26.1 |
| 2065 | – | 25.124.3–26 |
| 2066 | – | 25.124.3–26.2 |
| 2067 | – | 25.324.4–26.4 |
| 2068 | – | 25.224.3–26.1 |
| 2069 | – | 25.224.2–26.4 |
| 2070 | – | 25.324.6–26.2 |
| 2071 | – | 25.424.5–26.6 |
| 2072 | – | 25.424.4–26.7 |
| 2073 | – | 25.424.1–26.5 |
| 2074 | – | 25.424.1–26.8 |
| 2075 | – | 25.424.5–26.4 |
| 2076 | – | 25.424.2–26.3 |
| 2077 | – | 25.624.1–26.7 |
| 2078 | – | 25.424.7–26.7 |
| 2079 | – | 25.624.5–26.7 |
| 2080 | – | 25.524.5–26.7 |
| 2081 | – | 25.524.6–27 |
| 2082 | – | 25.624.9–26.6 |
| 2083 | – | 25.624.8–26.7 |
| 2084 | – | 25.824.6–27 |
| 2085 | – | 25.624.9–27 |
| 2086 | – | 25.724.8–27.1 |
| 2087 | – | 25.624.5–27.1 |
| 2088 | – | 25.724.4–27 |
| 2089 | – | 25.724.5–26.9 |
| 2090 | – | 25.824.6–27 |
| 2091 | – | 25.724.9–26.9 |
| 2092 | – | 25.824.7–26.9 |
| 2093 | – | 25.924.9–26.9 |
| 2094 | – | 2625.1–27.2 |
| 2095 | – | 25.824.8–27 |
| 2096 | – | 2624.7–27.3 |
| 2097 | – | 26.124.5–27.6 |
| 2098 | – | 25.924.8–27.3 |
| 2099 | – | 25.824.6–27 |
| 2100 | – | 25.724.9–27 |
Good to know
- The average air temperature near the ground, over the whole country and the whole year.
- Source: ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus, ECMWF) and CMIP6, via the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
- Ranks count the 233 countries with a value in 2025, 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
- 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