Iraq Key Figures
- Population:
- 45.7 million
- GDP growth rate:
- -2.2 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 100%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 87.2 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 3.24 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 54.2%
* at purchasing power parity
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Iraq Total Energy Consumption
Total energy consumption per capita amounted to 1.3 toe/capita in 2022. Electricity consumption per capita was 1 255 kWh in 2022. It remains much lower than in neighbouring countries (1 900 kWh in Jordan and 3 300 kWh in Turkey).
Total energy consumption has increased very rapidly since 2020 (+16% in 2022), reaching 55 Mtoe in 2022 after a 15% drop in 2020. Prior to 2020, it had been increasing rapidly since 2015 (+10%/year).
Oil accounts for most of the country's total energy consumption, with 64% in 2022; the remainder is supplied by gas (29%) and hydropower (7%).
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Iraq Crude Oil Production
Oil production decreased by 4 % in 2023. It had previously rebounded by 10% in 2022 to 220 Mt, after remaining stable in 2021 and dropping by 14% in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It had previously been increasing rapidly since 2010 (+8%/year), with a major boost in 2016 (+27%). This was mainly due to increased output at fields in southern Iraq and in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, which more than offset disrupted volumes in the north.
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Iraq Renewable in % Electricity Production
In 2021, the MoO announced the country's ambition to raise the capacity of clean energy to 12 GW by 2030, corresponding to 33% of the power capacity mix thanks to a sharp increase in solar capacity (6% in 2023, mostly hydro).
In 2017, the MoE launched the Renewable Energy Investment Program with a target of 2 695 MW of solar for 2020. The target was far from met as only around 40 MW was reached in 2020 (still 40 MW in 2023).
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Iraq CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
In its NDC, Iraq aims to cut CO2 emissions from industry by 1-2% and invest US$100bn in green economy for both private and public sectors by 2030. In addition, the NDC identified mitigation measures for the energy sector, such as reducing flaring at the oil and gas fields, switching from liquid fuels to natural gas, improving energy efficiency, and developing renewables. The initial target set in the INDC (2015) of reducing GHG emissions by up to 14% below a BaU projection in 2035 has been removed.