Bank deposits in Iraq declined as credit increased during 2025
Bank deposits in Iraq declined as credit increased during 2025
2026-03-10 03:10
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Tuesday a decline in the growth of deposits and an increase in cash credit growth during the year 2025.
The bank stated, in a statistic seen by Shafaq News Agency, that total deposits at banks operating in Iraq decreased by 10.95% during the year 2025 to reach 111.165 trillion dinars, compared to 123.327 trillion dinars in the year 2024.
He added that central government deposits amounted to 36.497 trillion dinars, while public institutions’ deposits amounted to 23.924 trillion dinars, and private sector deposits amounted to 50.644 trillion dinars.
The bank noted that the growth in credit volume increased by 3.07% during 2025 to reach 75.584 trillion dinars, compared to 2024 in which the credit volume reached 73.265 trillion dinars.
He explained that “the credit provided to the central government amounted to 26.271 trillion dinars, while the credit provided to public institutions amounted to 2.300 trillion dinars, while the credit provided to the private sector reached 47.013 trillion dinars.”
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