GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Iraq

GDP per capita growth in Iraq in 2025 — -4.19%. Ranked 185 in the world out of 186. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 8.94 pp.

2025 -4.19% −0.58 pp vs 2024
World rank 185of 186
Period maximum 55.87%1990
Period minimum -64.42%1991

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Iraq, 1961–2025-100-5005010019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 4.75%1963: -0.95%1965: 7.08%1967: -11.91%1969: -0.25%1971: 1.8%1973: 0.88%1975: 8.83%1977: -1.43%1979: 17.04%1981: -3.67%1983: -15.62%1985: -0.96%1987: 6.35%1989: -5.66%1991: -64.42%1993: 24.18%1995: -1.24%1997: 17.55%1999: 13.84%2001: -1.36%2003: -38.54%2005: -1.29%2007: 2.7%2009: -0.36%2011: 3.81%2013: 2.66%2015: -0.15%2017: -3.99%2019: 3.14%2021: -0.75%2023: -1.72%2025: -4.19%
Change over the period: −8.94 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iraq

Iraq -4.19%
World 1.99%
Western Asia computed 1.26%
GDP per capita growth — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -4.19 −0.58 pp
2024 -3.62 −1.89 pp
2023 -1.72 −7.23 pp
2022 5.51 +6.26 pp
2021 -0.75 +13.22 pp
2020 -13.97 −17.11 pp
2019 3.14 +2.87 pp
2018 0.27 +4.25 pp
2017 -3.99 −15.08 pp
2016 11.1 +11.25 pp
2015 -0.15 +1.13 pp
2014 -1.28 −3.95 pp
2013 2.66 −6.22 pp
2012 8.88 +5.07 pp
2011 3.81 +0.8 pp
2010 3.02 +3.38 pp
2009 -0.36 −6.42 pp
2008 6.06 +3.37 pp
2007 2.7 −2.17 pp
2006 4.87 +6.16 pp
2005 -1.29 −50.37 pp
2004 49.07 +87.61 pp
2003 -38.54 −27.48 pp
2002 -11.06 −9.7 pp
2001 -1.36 −14.39 pp
2000 13.03 −0.81 pp
1999 13.84 −16.99 pp
1998 30.83 +13.28 pp
1997 17.55 +10.01 pp
1996 7.53 +8.78 pp
1995 -1.24 −0.26 pp
1994 -0.99 −25.17 pp
1993 24.18 −4.55 pp
1992 28.73 +93.15 pp
1991 -64.42 −120.3 pp
1990 55.87 +61.53 pp
1989 -5.66 −3.35 pp
1988 -2.31 −8.66 pp
1987 6.35 +4.24 pp
1986 2.1 +3.06 pp
1985 -0.96 +3.55 pp
1984 -4.51 +11.11 pp
1983 -15.62 −16.18 pp
1982 0.56 +4.23 pp
1981 -3.67 −24.55 pp
1980 20.88 +3.84 pp
1979 17.04 +3.86 pp
1978 13.18 +14.61 pp
1977 -1.43 −14.84 pp
1976 13.4 +4.57 pp
1975 8.83 −3.42 pp
1974 12.25 +11.37 pp
1973 0.88 +0.65 pp
1972 0.23 −1.57 pp
1971 1.8 +0.82 pp
1970 0.98 +1.23 pp
1969 -0.25 −15.74 pp
1968 15.48 +27.39 pp
1967 -11.91 −13.37 pp
1966 1.46 −5.62 pp
1965 7.08 −3.95 pp
1964 11.04 +11.98 pp
1963 -0.95 −2.46 pp
1962 1.51 −3.24 pp
1961 4.75

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.