Iraq
IRQ · 2024 energy mix · renewables 0.6% · fossil fuels 99.4%
Threat reading 12 of 100, classified STABLE. 1 events recorded here in the last seven days, 1 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Oil | 72.6% |
|---|---|
| Gas | 26.8% |
| Hydro | 0.5% |
| Solar | 0.1% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 0.6% and fossil fuels for 99.4%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Iraq is close to balanced on electricity trade.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 23 significant earthquakes in or just off Iraq since 678.
The deadliest was the 847 earthquake (Iraq: Al-mawsil), which killed 70,000 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 6.4, on 2 December 1864 (Iraq: Zurbatiyah, Badrah, Tursaq, Baghdad).
The most recent entry is the 24 July 1991 magnitude 5.1 earthquake (Iraq: Arbil, Dibs), which killed 20 people.
Across the entries that record a death toll, 136,200 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 847 | earthquake | Iraq: Al-mawsil | 70,000 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 6 September 845 | earthquake | Iraq: Al-mawsil | 50,000 dead |
| 17 September 1007 | earthquake | Iran-iraq: Dinavar, Baghdad, Tigris-ktesiphon | 16,000 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 2 December 1864 | magnitude 6.4 earthquake | Iraq: Zurbatiyah, Badrah, Tursaq, Baghdad | 100 dead, 100 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 1781 | earthquake | Iraq: Al-mawsil (Mosul) | 80 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 24 July 1991 | magnitude 5.1 earthquake | Iraq: Arbil, Dibs | 20 dead, 100 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 14 April 1867 | earthquake | Iraq: Mandali, Jalula, Baghdad | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 8 February 1865 | earthquake | Iraq: Turaq, Jassan, Kut-al-amarah, Baghdad | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 1 May 1769 | earthquake | Iraq: Baghdad | 2,000 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| November 1666 | earthquake | Iraq: Al-mawsil; Armenia | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 11 May 1149 | earthquake | Iraq: Baghdad | - |
| November 1137 | earthquake | Iraq-syria: Mesopotamia, Mosul | damage over $25 million |
| 28 February 1130 | earthquake | Iraq: Baghdad | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 12 February 1130 | earthquake | Iraq: Al-mawsil (Mosul), Jabal, Jazirah | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 18 April 1086 | earthquake | Iraq: Mesopotamia, Jazirah, Badharaya; Syria | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 8 December 1058 | earthquake | Iraq: Mosul, Kirkuk, Hamadan, Tikrit, Wasit, Amah | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 13 May 986 | earthquake | Iraq: Al-mawsil (Mosul) | damage $5 to 25 million |
| March 958 | earthquake | Iraq: Halwan, Jalula, Khanikin, Baghdad | damage $5 to 25 million |
| April 957 | earthquake | Iraq: Halwan; Iran: Kerend, Qasr-e-shirin | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 9 September 910 | earthquake | Iraq: Kufah, Baghdad | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 23 May 860 | earthquake | Iraq: Baghdad | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 25 January 749 | earthquake | Iraq: Jazirah: Ne of Tharthar River | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 678 | earthquake | Iraq: Jazirah: Between Tigris and Tharthar Rivers | damage $5 to 25 million |
A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in Iraq:
- 7 November 2026: M 1.5 - TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 7 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 0 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 15 |
| Natural hazard | 0 |
| Resilience | 68 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.