Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Iraq
Iraq: Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) was 0.1% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Insurance and financial services in Iraq, 2005–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2025, insurance and financial services in Iraq stood at 0.1%.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 88.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Iraq peaked at 2.3% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2024.
That places Iraq 177th out of 190 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Iraq, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.8% | — |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -50.8% |
| 2007 | 2.3% | +477.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -85.7% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -34.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +308.2% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | +138.7% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -45.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | -17.8% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +23.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -26.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +23.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -21.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -74.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -7.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | +83.5% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | -56.1% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | +2.1% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 0.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.9%, 7% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 0.1% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2.6%, 6% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Iraq changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +477.4% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| 2010 | +308.2% | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More private sector data for Iraq
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 76.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 85.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 26.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 92.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 10.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,976 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Iraq?
- Insurance and financial services in Iraq was 0.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 2007.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2024.
- How does Iraq rank for insurance and financial services?
- Iraq ranks 177th out of 190 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.