The city of Basra
Side of the graduates’ demonstrations to demand appointment.

The young Iraqi suffers from unemployment of all kinds.

According to the latest statistics issued by the Ministry of Social Labor, the number of unemployed in Iraq is about 1.6 million, in various categories, including 10,000 holders of higher degrees. According to UN statistics, more than 45,000 people graduate annually in universities and institutes. In Iraq, and in the year 2019 alone, there were about 50,000 graduates, and only about 2,000 of this number were appointed