Iraq's net financial flows, multilateral (NFL, current US$) was −US$273.14 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 472.08% from US$73.41 million in 2019.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | −US$273.14 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$73.41 million | 2019 |
| Highest | US$1.47 billion | 2016 |
| Lowest | −US$273.14 million | 2024 |
| Average since 2015 | US$242.29 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$1.2 billion | 2015 |
Over five years it is down 472.08% from US$73.41 million in 2019. Since 2015 it is down 122.78% from US$1.2 billion in 2015.
What the numbers say
In 2024, Iraq's net financial flows, multilateral (NFL, current US$) fell US$101.99 million on 2023 (from −US$171.15 million to −US$273.14 million).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2016 to 2023), the average change was −US$171.3 million and a typical year strayed about US$508.18 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$274.94 million in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was US$1.39 billion in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$158.53 million a year. A straight line explains 65% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Iraq had the 113th highest value of the 118 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | −US$273.14 million | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | US$30.72 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Iraq in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Public and publicly guaranteed multilateral loans include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 10 values
| Year | Net financial flows, multilateral (NFL, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -273,139,000 |
| 2023 | -171,149,000 |
| 2022 | -130,989,000 |
| 2021 | 13,933,000 |
| 2020 | 43,013,000 |
| 2019 | 73,408,000 |
| 2018 | 112,974,000 |
| 2017 | 81,365,000 |
| 2016 | 1,474,187,000 |
| 2015 | 1,199,247,000 |
Net financial flows, multilateral (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — −US$27.14 million (2024)
- Algeria — −US$64.84 million (2024)
- Djibouti — US$32.43 million (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$81.26 million (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — −US$5.16 million (2024)
- Jordan — US$1.17 billion (2024)
- Lebanon — US$180.48 million (2024)
- Morocco — US$1.45 billion (2024)
- Pakistan — US$1.61 billion (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Iraq
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$98.45 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$73.93 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$254.37 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 330.68 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$188.32 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 207.34 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$5,410 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 7.03 million (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$4,005 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 4.41 million (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$254.8 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Iraq's net financial flows, multilateral (NFL, current US$)?
- −US$273.14 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2015?
- It is down 122.78% from US$1.2 billion in 2015. The highest value was US$1.47 billion in 2016 and the lowest −US$273.14 million in 2024.
- How does Iraq rank?
- 113th highest of 118 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in net financial flows, multilateral (NFL, current US$) unusual for Iraq?
- In 2024, Iraq's net financial flows, multilateral (NFL, current US$) fell US$101.99 million on 2023 (from −US$171.15 million to −US$273.14 million). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2016 to 2023), the average change was −US$171.3 million and a typical year strayed about US$508.18 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.MLAT.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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