Iraq: Trade balance, in dollars

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 Iraq

Trade balance, billion USD

 Latest value 26.67
 Year 2023
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 2005 - 2023
 Average 17.84
 Min - Max -4.20 - 57.92
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2023 is 26.67 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 57.92 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 3.89 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 137 countries. Historically, the average for Iraq from 2005 to 2023 is 17.84 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -4.2 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2020 while the maximum of 57.92 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2022. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Iraq - Trade balance, in dollars - historical chart - 2005-2023




Definition: Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Terms of trade 121.90 2023 percent
 Trade openness 74.74 2024 percent
 Financial openness -1.248 2002 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 37.51 2024 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 104.89 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports -0.14 2024 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 33.20 2024 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 104.11 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP -2.74 2024 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars -7.46 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities -6.10 2023 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP 2.99 2024 percent
 Current account, in dollars 28.37 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP 4.31 2024 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars 26.67 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 100.69 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.35 2023 percent
 Remittances 1,161.70 2023 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -7,663.74 2024 million USD
 External debt 7.51 2023 percent
 Short-term external debt 4.78 2023 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 0.87 2023 percent
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