In 2023, the unemployment rate in Iraq remained nearly unchanged at around 15.53 percent. Still, 2023 marked the second consecutive decline of the unemployment rate. The unemployment rate of a country or region refers to the share of the total workforce that is currently without work, but actively searching for employment. It does not include economically inactive persons, such as children, retirees, or the long-term unemployed.
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World Bank. (October 24, 2024). Iraq: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/327328/unemployment-rate-in-iraq/
World Bank. "Iraq: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023." Chart. October 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/327328/unemployment-rate-in-iraq/
World Bank. (2024). Iraq: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/327328/unemployment-rate-in-iraq/
World Bank. "Iraq: Unemployment Rate from 2004 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/327328/unemployment-rate-in-iraq/
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Iraq: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph], World Bank, October 24, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/327328/unemployment-rate-in-iraq/
