Services, value added in Iraq
Iraq: Services, value added was 52.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Iraq, 1968–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Iraq stood at 52.3%.
The figure is up 14.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Iraq peaked at 54.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.9%, in 2000.
Iraq ranks 138th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38.0% | 37.1% | 38.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 30.3% | 23.6% | 39.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.3% | 22.3% | 52.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.2% | 13.6% | 37.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.5% | 10.9% | 43.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.5% | 33.5% | 51.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.4% | 33.2% | 54.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 135 Eswatini 52.4% compare
- 136 Rwanda 52.3% compare
- 137 Morocco 52.3% compare
- 139 Bangladesh 52.1% compare
- 140 Puerto Rico 51.9% compare
- 141 Kyrgyzstan 51.2% compare
More economy & growth data for Iraq
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1,300 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 464.62 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 357.40 million current US$ (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 1.73 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 1.33 billion current US$ (2024)
- GNI per capita 7.04 million current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 5,690 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 331.24 trillion current LCU (2025)
- GNI 254.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method 267.45 billion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Iraq?
- Services, value added in Iraq was 52.3% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 54.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9% in 2000.
- How does Iraq rank for services, value added?
- Iraq ranks 138th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.