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Unemployment rate — ILO modelled

15.485%latest · 2025

LATEST ON WORLD BANK · 2025-12 · CHECKED 2026-09-28

The share of Iraqis who want work and cannot find it, on the ILO’s modelled measure — the only internally consistent labour series for Iraq, and modelled, which is worth knowing. The survey beneath it is thin.

VS PREVIOUS+0.2 ppHIGH · FULL RECORD16.173%2021LOW · FULL RECORD7.965%2012OBSERVATIONS35
7.5%10%12.5%15%17.5%19911999200820162025
15.485% · 2025-12-31 · LATEST
Unemployment rate — ILO modelled · Iraq Monitor