Middle East
Iraq
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Iraq's #4 import source (world lens). Iraq is the EU's #57 goods supplier.
Iraq on the world stage
Total imports
$24.6bn
2023 annual
Total exports
$105.7bn
100 partners
#1 import source
China
17.6%
#1 export dest.
Areas, nes
95.8%
2023 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Iraq and the EU
EU imports from
€12.7bn
0.5% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€5.5bn
0.2% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #57 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.43
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
42
EUR/MWh
Consumer
7
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
689
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
3%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Conflict / governance collapseMarket model
State monopoly (Ministry of Electricity)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
No independent regulator
Flares 18.2 bcm/year of gas (world number 3) while importing 7.8 bcm from Iran for power generation. Iran cut gas supplies in late 2024 causing shortages. Summer peaks expected to hit 55 GW in 2025 against insufficient…
Tracked infrastructure
151 gas plants
30.7 GW · 27 building
2 solar farms
700 MW · 3 building
5 hydro plants
2.4 GW · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
1
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
monitoring capacity degraded
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
20.6
→ 27.8 by 2050
Fertility
3.22
above replacement
Working-age
60%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5.7
→ 11.4 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 46M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +56% (71.9M)