Poverty & Inequality in Iraq 29 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Iraq. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 down 50.0% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 60.1% 135th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 67.2% 131st Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.25 live births per woman 2023 down 26.8% 51st Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,749 kg per hectare 2023 up 19.8% 97th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 4.6% 143rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -7.71 % change on previous year 2023 down 615.3% 153rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.558 2023 down 7.2% 22nd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.3% 2023 down 18.3% 82nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1138 2023 down 13.9% 91st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1138 2023 down 13.9% 91st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1279 2023 down 17.7% 111th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2547 2023 unchanged 85th Population living in slums 49.3% 2022 up 14.3% 31st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.534 2023 up 6.2% 103rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.534 2023 up 6.2% 103rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.534 2023 up 6.2% 103rd Three metrics of inequality 77.68 2024 up 41.2% 1st Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.7768 2024 up 41.2% 1st Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 179.92 2023 up 64.5% 76th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0298 2024 up 206.9% 110th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.7154 2024 up 40.9% 1st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.7154 2024 up 40.9% 1st Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 up 200.0% 100th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 13,211 2017 up 105.1% 71st Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 70.8% 2024 up 56.2% 1st Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 44.6% 2024 up 182.3% 1st Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 3.9% 2018 down 45.1% 67th