Iraq vs Nigeria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Nigeria with a GDP of $397.3B ranked the 32nd largest economy in the world, while Iraq ranked 50th with $224.2B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Nigeria and Iraq ranked 132nd vs 85th and 149th vs 103rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatIraqNigeria
GDP$224.2B$397.3B
GDP growth, 1 year0.6%1.9%
GDP growth, 5-years average3.1%2%
Population38.3M190.9M
GDP per capita$5.8k$2k
GDP per capita growth-2.84%-0.67%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor395.51110.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.330.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$18k$6k
GNI, Atlas method$193.6B$384.8B
GNI per capita$5k$2k
GNI, PPP adjusted$661.5B$1.1T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$17k$5.7k

Financial system and Human development

StatIraqNigeria
Income Tax Rate15%24%
Corporate Tax Rate15%30%
Inflation, consumer prices0.4%12.1%
Inflation, GDP deflator15.4%10.2%
Unemployment7.9%6%
Economic Freedom Index2157.2
Personal Freedom Index3.216.01
Human Freedom Index4.286.1
Property Rights Index43.938.1
Judical Effectiveness Index11.232.2
Business Freedom Index52.654.7
Fiscal Health Index76.664.1
Labor Freedom Index44.884
Investment Freedom IndexN/A45
Financial Freedom IndexN/A40
Trade Freedom IndexN/A62.4
Monetary Freedom Index76.461.7
Government Spending Index59.596.2
Tax Burden IndexN/A85.1
Government Integrity Index20.822.3
Corruption Perceptions Index1827
Life expectancy at birth, years70.354
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people39.5
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people20.721.4
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people9.99.9
International tourism, number of arrivals892k5.3M

Government debt & reserves

StatIraqNigeria
Central government debt, % of GDP48.4%28.4%
External debt stocks, % of GNIN/A12.4%
External debt stocksN/A$47B
Short-term debt, % of total reservesN/A0%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary incomeN/A8.3%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-7%1.4%
Gross savings, % of GDP20.1%19.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP12.9%19.8%
Total reserves including gold$64.7B$42.8B
Foreign direct investment net inflows-$4.9B$2B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatIraqNigeria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP44%15.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP35.9%17.5%
Current account balance (balance of payments)$34.4B$5.3B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP26.3%N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$1.7B$2B
Personal remittances received$741.7M$24.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP56.1%25.7%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP2%21.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$7.8M$252.8M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$100k$7.8M
Expense, % of GDP25.3%N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP36.7%11.2%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Iraq vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Saint Vincent
$7.4k
110k
Thailand
$7.3k
65.9M
Serbia
$7.2k
7.02M
Libya
$7.2k
6.68M
Turkmenistan
$7k
5.85M
Peru
$6.9k
29.4M
Colombia
$6.7k
49.1M
South Africa
$6.4k
57.7M
Ecuador
$6.3k
16.6M
Belarus
$6.3k
9.41M
Fiji
$6.3k
906k
Suriname
$6.2k
563k
North Macedonia
$6.1k
2.08M
Bosnia and Herzegovina
$6.1k
3.51M
Namibia
$5.9k
2.53M
Paraguay
$5.8k
6.81M
Iran
$5.6k
80M
Jamaica
$5.4k
2.89M
Albania
$5.3k
3.02M
Guyana
$5k
778k
Belize
$4.9k
375k
Azerbaijan
$4.7k
10M
Georgia
$4.7k
3.72M
Guatemala
$4.5k
17.3M
Tonga
$4.4k
108k
Jordan
$4.2k
10.4M
Armenia
$4.2k
2.93M
Samoa
$4.2k
196k
Eswatini
$4.1k
1.37M
Mongolia
$4.1k
3.08M

Nigeria vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k
Papua New Guinea
$2.7k
8.25M
Vietnam
$2.6k
94.7M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M