Unemployment / Iraq
Iraq Unemployment
Iraq unemployment data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 15.49%.
COUNTRY: Iraq
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-16 12:39:06
ECONOMY DATA RATING
Iraq · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
48 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.9 / 20
External stability
6.0 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
13.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
0.4 / 5
Method: Economy Data multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 86% of weighted inputs available.
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Iraq · unemployment data as percent of GDP.
Latest
15.49%
Previous
15.29%
Range avg.
14.48%
Rank
5
Countries by unemployment
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CountryIraq
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15.49%2024 · Rank 5
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Prices & Inflation3
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Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.
Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.
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