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World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Iraq

Most recent
2.357 (2024)
Earliest
7.051 (1960)
Highest
12.49 (1974)
Years reported
43 of 65 in the span
Member state
Iraq at the United Nations
010201960: 7.0511961: 6.8511962: 6.9111963: 8.2511964: 7.9571965: 8.8731966: 8.5211967: 8.4271968: 9.2211969: 11.381970: 11.171971: 10.521972: 10.641973: 12.261974: 12.491975: 11.671976: 11.161977: 9.8131978: 8.1181979: 6.1491980: 5.5121981: 10.832004: 1.6762005: 2.2432006: 1.8982007: 2.242008: 2.3682009: 2.8992010: 2.7092011: 2.3032012: 1.92013: 3.3162014: 2.9512015: 5.4132016: 3.552017: 3.9092018: 2.7522019: 3.2372020: 3.1122021: 2.2612022: 1.642023: 2.2632024: 2.35719602024
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

The World Bank reports 43 of the 65 years between 1960 and 2024 for Iraq. The missing 22 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearMilitary expenditure (% of GDP)
20242.357
20232.263
20221.64
20212.261
20203.112
20193.237
20182.752
20173.909
20163.55
20155.413
20142.951
20133.316
20121.9
20112.303
20102.709
20092.899
20082.368
20072.24
20061.898
20052.243
20041.676
198110.83
19805.512
19796.149
19788.118
19779.813
197611.16
197511.67
197412.49
197312.26
197210.64
197110.52
197011.17
196911.38
19689.221
19678.427
19668.521
19658.873
19647.957
19638.251
19626.911
19616.851
19607.051

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