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The Report of the Iraq Inquiry
Table 1: Iraq: selected economic and social indicators
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
1989
2002
2003
2004
GDP at market prices (current
US$bn)46
65.6
n/a
n/a 36.6
GDP per capita (current US$)47
3,850
n/a
n/a 1,391
Electricity production
(megawatts)48
Oil production
(million barrels per day)49
Under‑five mortality rate
(per 1,000 live births)50
Primary school enrolment,
both sexes (%)51
3,958
500 –
3,456
4,030
2.90 2.02 1.31 2.01
55 43 42 42
90 n/a 94 93
Employment (%)52
43 43 43 43
2009
111.7
3,725
5,700
2.39
38
92
44
Corruption53
n/a n/a 113/133 129/146 176/180
Lessons
161.  The starting point for all discussions of reconstruction in circumstances comparable
to those in Iraq between 2003 and 2009 must be that this is an area where progress will
be extremely difficult.
162.  Section 6.5 concludes that better planning and preparation for a post‑Saddam
Hussein Iraq would not necessarily have prevented the events that unfolded in Iraq
between 2003 and 2009. It would not have been possible for the UK to prepare for every
eventuality. Better plans and preparation could have mitigated some of the risks to which
46  World Bank Open Data, www.data.worldbank.org, Iraq: GDP at market prices (current US$).
47  World Bank Open Data, www.data.worldbank.org, Iraq: GDP per capita (current US$).
48  Brookings Center for Middle East Policy, 26 July 2013, Iraq Index, Electricity. Figure for 2002 is a
estimated pre‑war level.
49  US Energy Information Administration. Iraq Crude Oil Production by Year.
50  World Bank Open Data, www.data.worldbank.org, Iraq: Mortality rate, under‑5 (per 1,000). Under‑5
mortality rate is a leading indicator of the level of child health and overall development in countries.
51  World Bank Open Data, www.data.worldbank.org, Iraq: Net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%).
Figure for 2009 relates to 2007 survey.
52  World Bank Open Data, www.data.worldbank.org, Iraq: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total
population ages 15‑64).
53  Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Iraq was not included in the CPI before
2003. The CPI draws on multiple data sources.
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