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Iraq: Unemployment rate

Percent · 2007–2021 · 6 observations · unemp

2021
16.2%percent
Average, 2012–2021
11.7%5 years
Record high and low
16.2% (2021)low 7.97% (2012)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
202116.2
201713.0
201610.8
201410.6
20127.97
20078.65

Sources

  • International Labour Organization2007–2021
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2007–2021

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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