Unemployment Rate rose 7.68% to 13.7% in Iraq in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Iraq reached an all time high of 13.7% in 2020 and an all time low of 7.97% in 2012. When compared to Iraq's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Iran amounted to 11.0%, 6.79% in Kuwait, 8.22% in Saudi Arabia and 9.03% in Syria in 2020.
Iraq has been ranked 24th within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 42 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Bahrain | % | 1.44% | 1.51% | 1.56% | 4.09% | 3.86% | ||||||||||||||||
Iran | % | 12.1% | 12.1% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 15.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Iraq | % | 13.0% | 12.9% | 12.8% | 13.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Jordan | % | 15.8% | 16.3% | 16.9% | 18.5% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Kuwait | % | 2.25% | 2.34% | 2.41% | 6.79% | 1.13% | ||||||||||||||||
Lebanon | % | 6.18% | 6.10% | 6.04% | 6.61% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Pakistan | % | 3.94% | 4.08% | 3.98% | 4.65% | 6.27% | ||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | % | 5.89% | 6.04% | 6.13% | 8.22% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Syria | % | 8.33% | 8.23% | 8.16% | 9.03% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Turkey | % | 10.8% | 10.9% | 13.7% | 13.9% | 10.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Turkmenistan | % | 3.84% | 3.79% | 3.74% | 4.38% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | % | 2.46% | 2.23% | 2.28% | 5.00% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Yemen | % | 13.2% | 13.0% | 12.9% | 13.4% | ... | ... | ... |