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Iraq

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Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    2

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    0.0

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    0%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    1

  • Population

    47.0 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 7

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level1

  • +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Violence deaths, 30 days

    2

    —

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    1

    —

  • Internet outage alerts, 24 h

    20

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    3

  • Refugees who fled

    367 558

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Iraq, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 100%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
—
2026-08
Share in food crisis
—
2026-08
Undernourishment
14.9%
2023
Refugees who fled
—
Refugees hosted
—
Internally displaced
—
Sanctions designations
547
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$5,410
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence1

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-27Baghdad’s southern district of DoraUnidentified armed group (Iraq) — Unidentified armed group (Iraq)20Associated Press Newswires, Xinhua News Agency

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days1

  • Unidentified armed group (Iraq)2

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Iraq: Avoid all travel to parts

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Baghdad

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2925…350.0 mm25 km/h
Wed, Sep 3024…340.0 mm17 km/h
Thu, Oct 125…370.0 mm16 km/h
Fri, Oct 227…340.0 mm29 km/h
Sat, Oct 325…350.0 mm21 km/h
Sun, Oct 424…340.0 mm35 km/h
Mon, Oct 524…291.0 mm40 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets14

ItemPriceUSDYear
Rice / KG2,125 IQD1.63-2%
Wheat flour / KG1,000 IQD0.760%
Sugar / KG1,375 IQD1.05-8%
Oil (vegetable) / L2,750 IQD2.10+22%
Potatoes / KG800 IQD0.61+7%
Cheese (local) / KG7,250 IQD5.54+5%
Milk / L1,983.34 IQD1.52+13%
Salt (iodised) / KG750 IQD0.570%
Tea / KG7,375 IQD5.63+3%
Fuel (gas) / Cylinder7,250 IQD5.54+4%
Fuel (kerosene) / L393 IQD0.30-18%
Fuel (petrol-gasoline) / L450 IQD0.340%
Wage (non-qualified labour) / Day25,000 IQD19.080%
Beans (white) / KG2,500 IQD1.910%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-08); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)