Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Baghdad
EmbassyIraq · Ambassador: Shri Soumen Bagchi
10 figures · 2 sources · built 1 hour ago
In short
India’s embassy in Iraq records bilateral trade of $27.51bn, a reported community of 8,004, 15 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 74%. Led by Shri Soumen Bagchi, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$27.51bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Bilateral Brief — Iraq
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial relations” section
“Toral trade FY 2025-26 amounts to US$ 27.51 billion, this includes imports worth US$ 24.55 (15.03%) billion and exports worth US$ 2.958 (-9.68%) billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence8,004
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Iraq"
“PIOs 4 + NRIs 8,000 = 8,004”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence15
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 29 November 2000)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ ON ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND CULTURAL COOPERATION — 29 November 2000”
Published: 29 November 2000 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
74%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Iraq”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to IraqUS dollars · as stated in the brief$2.96bn
Bilateral Brief — Iraq
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial relations” section
“Toral trade FY 2025-26 amounts to US$ 27.51 billion, this includes imports worth US$ 24.55 (15.03%) billion and exports worth US$ 2.958 (-9.68%) billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from IraqUS dollars · as stated in the brief$24.55bn
Bilateral Brief — Iraq
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial relations” section
“Toral trade FY 2025-26 amounts to US$ 27.51 billion, this includes imports worth US$ 24.55 (15.03%) billion and exports worth US$ 2.958 (-9.68%) billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation−$21.59bn
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Iraqpersons · as stated in the brief25,000
Bilateral Brief — Iraq
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian community” section
“The total number of Indians in Iraq is now estimated to be around 25,000, mostly in Baghdad, Kurdistan region, Basra, Najaf and Karbala”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2024
Bilateral Brief — Iraq
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High-level visits” section
“Minister of External Affairs, Dr. S. Jaishankar met Iraqi DPM and Foreign Minister, Mr. Fuad Hussein on 25 September, 2024 on the sidelines of 79th session of UN General Assembly in New York.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (15)
MEA Treaties Database- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ ON BILATERAL COOPERATION IN WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENTAid and Cooperation23 August 2013
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ ON COOPERATIONDiplomatic Relations23 August 2013
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ENERGYEnvironment and Resources23 August 2013
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ ON ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND CULTURAL COOPERATIONScience and Technology29 November 2000
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ FOR ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT JOINT COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation28 March 1974
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ REGARDING THE PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGYEnvironment and Resources28 March 1974
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEN INDIA AND IRAQCultural Relations and Sport19 April 1973
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation06 April 1973
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ ON TRADEBusiness and Trade24 September 1971
- AGREEMENT RELATING TO TRADE BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQBusiness and Trade13 December 1962
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport27 July 1955
- TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN INDIA AND IRANAid and Cooperation15 December 1954
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQ ON CULTURAL RELATIONSCultural Relations and Sport05 July 1954
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQBusiness and Trade06 May 1953
- TREATY ON FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN INDIA AND IRAQFriendships10 November 1952
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 10 sections, 17,000 characters of extractable text. Sections include: ***** · India-Iraq Bilateral Relations · (ii) · (iii) · (iv) · (vi).
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 212% apart
- Overseas Indians8,004
- Indian community in Iraq25,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.