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Iraq: Average interest on new external debt commitments, official

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. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization 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. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. 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
20244.423
20230.164
20220.01
20210.148
20200
20190.724
20182.689
20172.255
20164.145
20151.027

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

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