GDP per capita, long-run history in Iraq

Latest: 13,072
Previous: 12,356
Change: +716.35 (+5.8%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: International dollars (2011 prices)

GDP per capita, long-run history over time

Annual, International dollars (2011 prices), Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for GDP per capita, long-run history in Iraq
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	4,578
Dec 31, 1964	4,965
Dec 31, 1965	5,241
Dec 31, 1966	5,338
Dec 31, 1967	5,043
Dec 31, 1968	5,745
Dec 31, 1969	5,745
Dec 31, 1970	5,536
Dec 31, 1971	5,686
Dec 31, 1972	5,297
Dec 31, 1973	5,982
Dec 31, 1974	6,097
Dec 31, 1975	6,878
Dec 31, 1976	8,007
Dec 31, 1977	7,957
Dec 31, 1978	9,075
Dec 31, 1979	10,769
Dec 31, 1980	10,165
Dec 31, 1981	8,035
Dec 31, 1982	7,704
Dec 31, 1983	6,805
Dec 31, 1984	6,593
Dec 31, 1985	6,268
Dec 31, 1986	5,992
Dec 31, 1987	6,052
Dec 31, 1988	4,635
Dec 31, 1989	4,098
Dec 31, 1990	3,918
Dec 31, 1991	1,519
Dec 31, 1992	2,046
Dec 31, 1993	2,132
Dec 31, 1994	2,109
Dec 31, 1995	1,997
Dec 31, 1996	2,338
Dec 31, 1997	2,338
Dec 31, 1998	2,795
Dec 31, 1999	3,157
Dec 31, 2000	3,649
Dec 31, 2001	4,148
Dec 31, 2002	4,632
Dec 31, 2003	3,782
Dec 31, 2004	6,062
Dec 31, 2005	6,441
Dec 31, 2006	7,118
Dec 31, 2007	7,588
Dec 31, 2008	8,587
Dec 31, 2009	9,269
Dec 31, 2010	10,274
Dec 31, 2011	11,484
Dec 31, 2012	12,522
Dec 31, 2013	12,877
Dec 31, 2014	12,560
Dec 31, 2015	12,575
Dec 31, 2016	14,174
Dec 31, 2017	13,404
Dec 31, 2018	13,725
Dec 31, 2019	14,204
Dec 31, 2020	11,717
Dec 31, 2021	12,356
Dec 31, 2022	13,072

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iraq

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
700 – 1500: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011.
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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