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Iraq Unemployment Rate 2020s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
15.56% decade average (2020-2029)

Iraq's unemployment rate during the 2020s ranged from 15.24% (2023) to 16.17% (2021), averaging 15.56% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 15.77% +1.67pp 167th
2021 16.17% +0.41pp 174th
2022 15.41% −0.76pp 175th
2023 15.24% −0.17pp 175th
2024 15.29% +0.05pp 173rd
2025 15.49% +0.19pp 168th