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)