Income inequality: Atkinson index in Iraq
Iraq: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2547 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Iraq, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 0.2547 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Iraq peaked at 0.2547 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.254, in 2010.
That places Iraq 85th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Iraq, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.254 | — |
| 2011 | 0.254 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.254 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2547 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.2547 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2547 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2547 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2547 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2547 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2547 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2547 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2547 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2547 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2547 | +0.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 0.2547 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 0.2547 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2385, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2545 | 0.254 | 0.2547 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2547 | 0.2547 | 0.2547 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More poverty & inequality data for Iraq
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.25 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,749 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -7.71 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.558 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Iraq?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Iraq was 0.2547 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2547 in 2013.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.254 in 2010.
- How does Iraq rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Iraq ranks 85th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.