Iraq
13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics
The GOI collects and publishes limited statistics with which to compare international and U.S. investment data. The NIC and PICs granted 1067 licenses between 2008 and 2015 (latest statistics available) with a total potential value of $53.9 billion.
In the IKR, the KBOI granted licenses to 166 projects from the period of January 2019 to March 2021, with a total potential value of $5.11 billion. This represented a capital increase of $1.98 billion (163 percent) compared to 2018.
| Host Country Statistical source* | USG or international statistical source | USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other | |||
| Economic Data | Year | Amount | Year | Amount | |
| Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD) | 2021 | $166.757 | 2020 | $234,094 | www.worldbank.org/en/country |
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical source* | USG or international statistical source | USG or international Source of data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) | 2016 | $5,911 | 2019 | $1,928 | BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/international/factsheet/ |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | 2016 | 3.5% | N/A | N/A | UNCTAD data available at |
* Source for Host Country Data: http://cosit.gov.iq/en/
Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
Data not available.