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Iraqi Dinar
IQDIraq · Issued by Central Bank of Iraq
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
-12.30%
10y M2 change
+104%
M69 Score
48.0
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2025
M2 (local currency)
172.74T IQD
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
-12.30%
World Bank · annual
Country
Iraq
ISO 4217 · IQD
Last Update
2026-06-09
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Iraqi Dinar M2 money supply
Broad money in IQD (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
242 data points · monthly granularity
Iraqi Dinar inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Iraq. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Iraqi Dinar be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 IQD in 2001 buys today
17.24 IQDworth of goods
Lost 83% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
580.14 IQD
23 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-06-09 02:00:25
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- IRQ
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/IQD
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Iraqi Dinar?+
The Iraqi Dinar (IQD) is issued by Central Bank of Iraq. As the monetary authority for Iraq, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Iraqi Dinar?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Iraqi Dinar: -12.30% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Iraqi Dinar been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 104% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between IQD as accounting unit and IQD as a store of value.
Is the Iraqi Dinar sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Iraqi Dinar currently scores 48.0. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Iraqi Dinar compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.