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The deficit Iraq planned vs the result it ran 2011–2018

Every year parliament budgets a deficit; the Board records what actually happened. Figures in IQD billions; a positive actual balance is a surplus.

PLANNED DEFICIT ACTUAL SURPLUS ACTUAL DEFICIT

Year the fiscal year	Planned deficit the deficit written into the budget law	Actual revenue what actually came in	Actual spending what actually went out	Actual result surplus (+) or deficit (−) that really happened	Accumulated running total of results
2011	-15,727	103,989	78,758	25,231	58,542
2012	-14,796	119,817	105,140	14,677	83,773
2013	-19,128	113,840	119,128	-5,288	98,451
2014	—	97,619	125,321	-27,702	93,163
2015	-25,414	69,747	81,525	-11,778	53,682
2016	-24,195	55,455	75,164	-19,709	33,973
2017	-25,019	80,930	87,216	-6,286	27,687
2018	-12,514	106,712	88,566	18,146	45,833

FEDERAL BOARD OF SUPREME AUDIT · ANNUAL REPORT 2025 · PRINTED PAGE 68 · UNIT IQD bn · CSV ↓

Reading the columns

Year: the fiscal year
Planned deficit: the deficit written into the budget law
Actual revenue: what actually came in
Actual spending: what actually went out
Actual result: surplus (+) or deficit (−) that really happened
Accumulated: running total of results

Transcribed in two independent passes, cell-compared, reconciled against the printed total on page 68; a mismatch would have kept this table off the site. English names are the desk’s renderings; the Arabic is the Board’s own text and the authoritative version. Dollars at the official 1,300 IQD/USD budget rate, context only. Download the CSV · All tables