Number of banks rose 1.39% to 73.0 banks in Iraq in 2020, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, number of banks in Iraq reached an all time high of 73.0 banks in 2020 and an all time low of 26.0 banks in 2004.
Iraq has been ranked 23rd within the group of 148 countries we follow in terms of number of banks, 15 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Banks | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | banks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Iran | banks | ... | ... | ... | 30.0 | 30.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Iraq | banks | ... | ... | ... | 59.0 | 65.0 | 69.0 | 71.0 | 72.0 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Jordan | banks | ... | ... | ... | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Kuwait | banks | ... | ... | ... | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | |||||||||||||
| Lebanon | banks | ... | ... | ... | 53.0 | 50.0 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 47.0 | |||||||||||||
| Pakistan | banks | ... | ... | ... | 35.0 | 34.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 33.0 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | banks | ... | ... | ... | 23.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | |||||||||||||
| Syria | banks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Turkey | banks | 34.0 | 34.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | banks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| United Arab Emirates | banks | ... | ... | ... | 57.0 | 60.0 | 61.0 | 60.0 | 59.0 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Yemen | banks | ... | ... | ... | 16.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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