Taxes as a % of price: total tax in Iraq
Iraq: Taxes as a % of price: total tax was 16.9% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2022)
16.9%
Change on year
up 122.0%
World rank
180th
of 189 countries
All-time high
16.9%
in 2022
All-time low
1.3%
in 2008
Years of data
8
2008–2022
Taxes as a % of price: total tax in Iraq, 2008–2022
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes as a % of price: total tax in Iraq is 16.9%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 122.0% on the previous year and up 1,232.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes as a % of price: total tax in Iraq peaked at 16.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2008.
That places Iraq 180th out of 189 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Taxes as a % of price: total tax in Iraq, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1.3% | — |
| 2010 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6.3% | +400.0% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7.6% | +20.0% |
| 2020 | 7.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 16.9% | +122.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 16.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 50.4%, 34% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 16.9% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 66.0%, 26% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 1.3% | 7.6% | 5 |
| 2020s | 12.3% | 7.6% | 16.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 177 Paraguay 19.2% compare
- 178 Angola 18.0% compare
- 179 Mauritania 17.8% compare
- 181 Lao People's Democratic Republic 15.4% compare
- 182 Antigua and Barbuda 14.9% compare
- 183 Benin 13.2% compare
More health data for Iraq
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9773 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 898.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 5,830 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.988 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0587 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.9818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes as a % of price: total tax in Iraq?
- Taxes as a % of price: total tax in Iraq was 16.9% in 2022, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest taxes as a % of price: total tax recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 16.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest taxes as a % of price: total tax recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2008.
- How does Iraq rank for taxes as a % of price: total tax?
- Iraq ranks 180th out of 189 countries with data for 2022.
- Is taxes as a % of price: total tax rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,232.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Taxes as a % of price: total tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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