Your USD goes further in Iraq

+15.7% further

$2,000 now goes as far as $2,314.22 did 1 year ago.

$2,000 gets you 3,030,700 IQD

That is 411,500 IQD more than the same budget bought 1 year ago, worth about $271.55 today.

IQD per 1 USD Then 1,310 · Today 1,515

1 year ago Today

What the difference covers in Iraq

The same $2,000 budget, at typical local prices, compared with 1 year ago.

Stay Estimate

Mid-range hotel

78,000 IQD a night

5 more nights

Costs you today: $51.47
Cost you 1 year ago: $59.56

Stay Estimate

Four-star hotel

140,000 IQD a night

2 more nights

Costs you today: $92.39
Cost you 1 year ago: $106.90

Eat Estimate

Street food or casual meal

7,300 IQD a meal

56 more meals

Costs you today: $4.82
Cost you 1 year ago: $5.57

Eat Estimate

Dinner for two

46,000 IQD a dinner

8 more dinners

Costs you today: $30.36
Cost you 1 year ago: $35.13

Do Estimate

Museum entry

20,000 IQD a ticket

20 more tickets

Costs you today: $13.20
Cost you 1 year ago: $15.27

Do Estimate

Guided day tour

97,000 IQD a tour

4 more tours

Costs you today: $64.01
Cost you 1 year ago: $74.07

Get around Estimate

Airport taxi

45,000 IQD a ride

9 more rides

Costs you today: $29.70
Cost you 1 year ago: $34.36

Get around Estimate

Intercity bus ticket

37,000 IQD a ticket

11 more tickets

Costs you today: $24.42
Cost you 1 year ago: $28.25

Rate history

IQD per 1 USD. A rising line means your money buys more.

Rate 1 year ago

A price of	Costs you today	Cost you 1 year ago
20,000 IQD	$13.20	$15.27
100,000 IQD	$65.99	$76.36
500,000 IQD	$329.96	$381.80
2,000,000 IQD	$1,319.83	$1,527.18

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Typical travel prices are estimates from World Bank price levels (International Comparison Program 2021, brought up to 2025) and vary by city and season. Fast-food prices come from The Economist's Big Mac index. The comparison follows exchange rates only and does not include changes in local prices.

Sources: World Bank ICP (CC BY 4.0), The Economist Big Mac index, Frankfurter (central bank rates)