Survey Spotlight: AHK World Business Outlook – Iraq, Spring 2025:
The Spring 2025 edition of the AHK World Business Outlook reveals strong confidence among German-affiliated companies operating in Iraq.
- 73% rate their business situation as good
- 77% expect improvements over the next 12 months
- 63% plan to increase local investments
- 63% also foresee workforce expansion
Key risks: financing conditions (55%), demand volatility (31%), labor shortages (24%)
On a global scale, companies cite trade barriers (53%), climate change (47%), and digital transformation (37%) as long-term challenges.
The AHK World Business Outlook is based on a regular DIHK survey of member companies of the German Chambers of Commerce Abroad, Delegations and Representative Offices (AHKs).
This survey collected feedback from more than 4,600 German companies, branches and subsidiaries worldwide as well as companies with close ties to Germany; this includes a relevant sample size of participants from Iraq.
The survey was conducted from 17 March to 14 April 2025.