Iraq is placed at the Emerging stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: 1st generation; dedicated governance bodies: 3; AI-relevant regulations: 6; data protection law: None coded.
- National AI strategy
- 1st generation
- Dedicated AI governance bodies
- 3
- AI-relevant regulations
- 6
- Data protection law
- None coded
- International frameworks referenced
- 1
- OECD.AI registered initiatives
- 0
Index pillars
Indicators
Position among Arab League states with data
Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202529.37
UN E-Government Development Index, 2024rank 1480.4572
Human Capital Index, 20240.4967
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index20.71
National Cyber Security Index5.19
Internet users, 2023 (% of population)81.73
AI publications, 2023679
Trends
AI readiness score
Human Capital Index
AI publications per year
Typology coding
- Governance type
- Centralised, prime-ministerial level
- Regulatory approach
- Agile governance and sectoral sandbox
- Enforcement model
- No AI-specific penalties
- Sovereignty posture
- Aspirational
- International alignment
- UNDP-supported
- Cluster label (M3)
- Emerging, reconstruction context
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Contact the LabCite this profile
Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). Iraq: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/iraq/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA
Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).