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Iraq: Average interest on new external debt commitments

0percent · 2025-100.0% since 2015

Interest represents the average interest rate on all new public and publicly guaranteed loans contracted during the year. To obtain the average, the interest rates for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Iraq from 2015 to 2025.

20152025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250
20243.342
20230.906
20220.01
20210.804
20200.072
20190.843
20182.857
20173.163
20164.145
20151.027

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World Bank (2026). Average interest on new external debt commitments. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-average-interest-on-new-external-debt-commitments (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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