Under the rule of Saddam, economic data were considered state secrets; thus, reliable data for the era was limited. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit data (see Figure 6), Iraq’s GDP stood at roughly $38 billion in 1989, measured in constant 2003 dollars. From 1990 until Saddam accepted the terms and conditions of UN Resolution 986 in 1996 the GDP in Iraq remained at less than 30 percent of the 1989 value. In the 1996 to 2002 period, the data shows a gradual recovery as GDP increased from $10.6 billion in 1996 to $33 billion in 2000 before dropping back to $29 billion in 2001.

Per capita GDP during the period followed the downward trend seen in overall GDP. GDP per capita went from approximately $2304 in 1989 to $938 in 1990. From 1991 until 1996 per capita GDP never rose above $507. During this period income inequality was a problem as the wealth was concentrated in the hands of Regime loyalists and traders while most Iraqis subsisted on much less income.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~graceyor/govdocs/pdf/duelfer1_eb.pdf

在萨达姆死后，根据世界银行的资料，伊拉克的人均GDP在2009年是3702美元，2010年是4613美元，2011年是6019美元，2012年是6625美元，2013年达到了6670美元。

同样，根据世界银行的资料，中国的人均GDP在2009年是3749美元，2010年是4433美元，2011年是5447美元，2012年是6093美元，2013年是6807美元。参见：

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?order=wbapi_data_value_2012+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=desc