[OC] Pro-Kopf-BIP von Iran, Irak und Afghanistan von 1950 bis 2022, bereinigt um die Lebenshaltungskosten.

Its interesting to me how similar the trajectory of iraq and iran is. The 1980s saw both decline from the war with each other, and then they both grew steadily. Iraq even exploded upwards in the midst of the Iraq War, albeit a lot of that was simply the effects of sanctions being lifted after Saddam was gone. After 2010, Iran stagnates due to sanctions, and Iraq stagnates due to the war with ISIS and oil prices dropping.

Even that does not tell the whole story, as oil revenue is nearly half of Iraqs GDP and only 17% of Irans GDP. Iran has better underlying economic fundamentals compared to Iraq, but Iraq is able to export a *lot* more oil.

Afghanistan has unfortunately been extremely poor for the entire duration, but small differences are huge at that level. The difference between 2000 and 2012 doesn’t seem like a lot on this graph, but it was actually a 5x rise. It stagnated from 2012 to 2021 as the war heated up. Unfortunately, their economy has crashed since the Taliban took over in 2022.