Unemployment rate: Iraq
15.485% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.485 |
| 2024 | 15.293 |
| 2023 | 15.239 |
| 2022 | 15.41 |
| 2021 | 16.173 |
| 2020 | 15.766 |
| 2019 | 14.096 |
| 2018 | 13.458 |
| 2017 | 13.02 |
| 2016 | 10.82 |
| 2015 | 10.865 |
| 2014 | 10.59 |
| 2013 | 9.222 |
| 2012 | 7.965 |
| 2011 | 8.193 |
| 2010 | 8.267 |
| 2009 | 8.415 |
| 2008 | 8.466 |
| 2007 | 8.646 |
| 2006 | 8.411 |
| 2005 | 8.57 |
| 2004 | 8.715 |
| 2003 | 8.959 |
| 2002 | 8.619 |
| 2001 | 8.249 |
| 2000 | 8.038 |
| 1999 | 7.979 |
| 1998 | 8.064 |
| 1997 | 8.269 |
| 1996 | 8.516 |
| 1995 | 8.431 |
| 1994 | 8.221 |
| 1993 | 8.36 |
| 1992 | 8.346 |
| 1991 | 8.639 |