Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Iraq
Iraq: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 96.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Iraq, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Iraq stood at 96.4%.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Iraq peaked at 99.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 83.7%, in 2007.
That places Iraq 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Iraq, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 99.6% | — |
| 2004 | 92.1% | -7.5% |
| 2005 | 92.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 85.7% | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 83.7% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 85.2% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 92.4% | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 89.1% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 91.1% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 93.7% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 96.7% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 96.8% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 96.7% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 95.4% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 95.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 95.9% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 96.4% | +0.5% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 96.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 96% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 96.4% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 100.0%, 96% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.1% | 83.7% | 99.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 89.1% | 96.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More private sector data for Iraq
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2014)
- Manufactures imports 66.3% (2014)
- Merchandise imports 85.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.0% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 92.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,976 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3653 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Iraq?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Iraq was 96.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.7% in 2007.
- How does Iraq rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Iraq ranks 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.