Iraq's Chilling Economic Statistics
By Ali Abunimah
Iraq Action Coalition
March 18, 1999
Iraq's total GDP has fallen to just $5.7 billion, or $247 per capita, according to estimates by the well-respected Economist Intelligence Unit in The Economist's newly published annual supplement "The World in 1999." Just prior to the Gulf War, Iraq's GDP was more than ten times higher--around $60 billion
Iraq's Chilling Economic Statistics
By Ali Abunimah
Iraq Action Coalition
March 18, 1999
Iraq's total GDP has fallen to just $5.7 billion, or $247 per capita, according to estimates by the well-respected Economist Intelligence Unit in The Economist's newly published annual supplement "The World in 1999." Just prior to the Gulf War, Iraq's GDP was more than ten times higher--around $60 billion
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/irq3-22.htm
Iran GDP: purchasing power parity - $347.6 billion (1999 est.)
http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran/Economy