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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Iraq: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Iraq is placed 141st of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.464 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 29.37 (2025).
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141st
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.464GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 29.37Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- -0.619Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 9.308Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Iraq on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.464
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Iraq: 0.464. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Western Asia
- 0.996 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- Iran 0.686 · Jordan 0.914 · Kuwait 0.684 · Saudi Arabia 0.996 · Syria 0.053 · Türkiye 0.812
29.37
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 128th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Iraq: 29.37. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Western Asia
- 71.57 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- Iran 48.34 · Jordan 56.07 · Kuwait 43.79 · Saudi Arabia 71.57 · Syria 21.72 · Türkiye 58.91
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
-0.619
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Iraq: -0.619. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Western Asia
- 3.497 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Iran -0.66 · Jordan 0.887 · Kuwait 2.097 · Saudi Arabia 1.76 · Syria -0.914 · Türkiye 0.801
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
9.308
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Iraq: 9.308. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Western Asia
- 82.14 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Iran 11.7 · Jordan 3.195 · Kuwait 57.96 · Saudi Arabia 7.429 · Türkiye 13.18
02Over time
Which way Iraq is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
IraqWorld median
Iraq fell from 33.88 in 2020 to 29.37 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Iraq World median 2025 29 40.2 2024 41 43.3 2023 33 41.4 2022 32 40.3 2021 37 44.1 2020 34 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
IraqWorld median
Iraq fell from -0.398 in 2000 to -0.619 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Iraq World median 2025 -0.62 0.20 2024 -0.62 0.11 2023 -0.62 0.14 2022 -0.73 0.16 2021 -0.73 0.12 2020 -0.73 0.12 2019 -0.73 0.10 2018 -0.67 -0.05 2017 -0.85 -0.08 2016 -0.85 -0.10 2015 -0.85 -0.17 2014 -0.95 -0.21 2013 -1.03 -0.21 2012 -1.03 -0.25 2011 -1.03 -0.32 2010 -1.03 -0.31 2009 -1.27 -0.50 2008 -1.27 -0.51 2007 -1.27 -0.51 2006 -1.57 -0.55 2005 -1.57 -0.55 2004 -1.57 -0.55 2003 -1.57 -0.55 2002 -0.40 -0.51 2001 -0.40 -0.51 2000 -0.40 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
IraqWorld median
Iraq rose from 3.885 in 2010 to 9.308 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Iraq World median 2024 9.3 25.42 2023 9.1 26.03 2022 9.8 26.04 2021 16.9 29.80 2020 19.5 29.47 2019 10.5 18.36 2018 18.9 20.09 2017 11.9 18.32 2016 14.6 18.15 2015 13.6 19.57 2014 19.9 21.00 2013 14.4 20.50 2012 7.2 19.56 2011 4.0 19.21 2010 3.9 19.88
03In context
Iraq beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Iraq and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saudi Arabia | 45th | 0.996 | 71.57 | 1.76 | 7.429 |
 Kuwait | =47th | 0.684 | 43.79 | 2.097 | 57.96 |
 Türkiye | 70th | 0.812 | 58.91 | 0.801 | 13.18 |
 Jordan | 75th | 0.914 | 56.07 | 0.887 | 3.195 |
 Iran | =109th | 0.686 | 48.34 | -0.66 | 11.7 |
| Iraq | 141st | 0.464 | 29.37 | -0.619 | 9.308 |
 Syria | 188th | 0.053 | 21.72 | -0.914 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Iraq in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Iraq is ahead of the world, and behind
16 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Iraq does better than the middle country measured.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3965.9262.39No earlier reading
Iraq: 65.92 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 75th of 181 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3528.8832.35No earlier reading
Iraq: 28.88 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 90th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median10
Statistics on which Iraq does worse than the middle country measured.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6891.4791.68No earlier reading
Iraq: 91.47 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 73rd of 140 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.451315.45No real change since 2025
Iraq: 13 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7871.1478.78No earlier reading
Iraq: 71.14 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 83rd of 140 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0576.1783.05No earlier reading
Iraq: 76.17 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 89th of 140 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-0.3950.505▲ Improved since 2015
Iraq: -0.395 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 114th of 176 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.3620.485▲ Improved since 2013
Iraq: 0.362 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 116th of 170 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-0.5631.023▲ Improved since 2015
Iraq: -0.563 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 130th of 176 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-1.483-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Iraq: -1.483 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 139th of 176 · derived.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6524.9851.65▲ Improved since 2014
Iraq: 24.98 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 85th of 98 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.226.34864.22No earlier reading
Iraq: 6.348 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
No better end4
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670454,37384,670Moved since 2020
Iraq: 454,373 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454376,919141,454Moved since 2020
Iraq: 376,919 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,714218,698148,714Moved since 2020
Iraq: 218,698 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.240.96No earlier reading
Iraq: 0.24 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
No current reading for Iraq
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports (last 2023), Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching and Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes (last 2004). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Iraq’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Iraq’s 6th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Poverty & Inequality40th of 1593/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing113th of 2003/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 101st of 1773/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital117th of 1963/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience134th of 1934/4 keys
- Digital & Technology141st of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture132nd of 1843/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions164th of 1944/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties177th of 1984/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 168th of 1864/4 keys
- Work & Labour168th of 1824/4 keys
- Energy153rd of 1653/3 keys
- Economy & Innovation164th of 1764/4 keys
- Peace & Security167th of 1774/4 keys
- Gender & Equality173rd of 1834/4 keys
No standing on Education & Knowledge: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Iraq can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
South Korea=1st4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel13th4/4 keysThis page
Iraq141st4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Iraq on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Iraq rank on digital & technology?
Iraq is placed 141st of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Iraq?
0.464 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Iraq?
29.37 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Iraq compare with Iran on digital & technology?
Iran is placed joint 109th of 198, and Iraq 141st. GovTech Maturity Index: Iran 0.686, Iraq 0.464; Government AI Readiness Index: Iran 48.34, Iraq 29.37; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Iran -0.66, Iraq -0.619; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Iran 11.7, Iraq 9.308.
How have Iraq’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index fell from 33.88 in 2020 to 29.37 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity fell from -0.398 in 2000 to -0.619 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 3.885 in 2010 to 9.308 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Iraq?
No current reading is published for Iraq on Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching and Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 16 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Iraq’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Iraq (banner) — Diyar Muhammed, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Iraq: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/iraq/digital