IRAQ

Official title:

Republic of Iraq

 General information:
Capital: Baghdad
Population: 41,146,253 (July 2021 est.)
Total area: 438,317 km2
Currency: Iraqi dinar (IQD)
National holiday: Republic Day, 14th July (1958)
Official languages: Arabic, Kurdish, Turkmen, Assyrian and Armenian

Type of government:
Federal parliamentary republic
Diplomatic and consular representative: H.E. Mr Baker Fattah Hussen (Austria – Vienna)

Economics:
GDP (nominal): $175,3 billion (2020 est.)
GDP (nominal) per capita: $4,145 (2020 est.)
GDP (PPP): $678,5 billion (2020 est.)
GDP (PPP) per capita: $15,982 (2020 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $175,3 billion (2020 est.)
GDP (real growth rate): -11,7% (2012 est.)

GDP per sector:
• Agriculture 3,9%
• Industry 64,8%
• Service 31,33% (2020 est.)

Agriculture products: wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton, cattle, sheep, poultry
Main industries: petroleum, chemicals, textiles, leather, construction materials, food processing, fertilizer, metal fabrication/processing

Trade - Export
Exported commodities: crude oil, crude materials excluding fuels, food and live animals
Main export partners:

China 23,8%
India 21,8%
US 8,5%

Turkey 6,3%

Taiwan 5,2%

Italy 4,1%

Egypt 4%

Spain 3,6%

Greece 2,2% (2020)

Trade - Import
Imported commodities: food, medicine, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment. electrical equipment
Main import partners:
• Turkey 27,4%

China 16,4%

Iran 10,1%

Russia7,8%

United Arab Emirates 5,9%

United States 4,6%

South Korea 4,1%

Germany 3,9%

Saudi Arabia 3,7%

Jordan 2,3% (2020)

Souces:

Central Intelligence Agency. 2015. The World Factbook: Iraq. Available at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html (February 10th 2020).

World Bank. 2015. Data: Iraq. Available at: http://data.worldbank.org/country/iraq (February 10th 2021).