Iraq - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Iraq was 7.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 31.93 in 1980, while its lowest value was -40.09 in 1982.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 17.14
1971 20.66
1972 15.44
1973 21.72
1974 29.47
1975 9.76
1976 21.46
1977 15.36
1978 25.03
1979 31.29
1980 31.93
1981 -30.67
1982 -40.09
1983 -8.31
1984 -4.00
1985 -4.67
1986 -9.94
1987 -2.91
1988 -3.12
1989 -0.91
1990 0.27
1991 -1.21
1992 -0.76
1993 -0.39
1994 -0.03
1995 -0.01
1996 -0.01
1997 21.51
1998 23.55
1999 16.96
2000 26.07
2001 3.77
2002 21.38
2003 0.55
2004 -7.69
2005 -7.05
2006 12.41
2007 17.71
2008 19.60
2009 0.11
2010 5.34
2011 16.66
2012 15.41
2013 11.92
2014 8.90
2015 -0.56
2016 1.63
2017 8.05
2018 15.80
2019 7.07

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts