1968, Statistical handbook of the Republic of Iraq, 1957 - 1967 (Government of Iraq)

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FOREWORD
Statistics have become one of the first essentials for any rational and scientific planning, not only for economic development but also for all branches of socio-political and economic life. It is from this essential that we acted.
Here we present the first Statistical Handbook, published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, where all available data of economic activities for the last eleven years are consolidated in a way that is beneficial to all.
We hope that the day will come when people appreciate the significance of Statistics, and that it would become a part of our way of thinking.
This small Handbook is only the first step on a long path, the end of which we are determined to reach.
Baghdad, December 1968
[Signature]
Minister of Planning
Dr. Jawad M. Hashim

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Up to September 1939, the Central Bureau of Statistics was a part of the Directorate General of Commerce at the Ministry of Economics and Communications.
After this date, some reorganization took place and as a result two Ministries were formed; namely the Ministry of Economics and the Ministry of Communications.
The Statistics office was annexed to the Ministry of Economics and was renamed as the Principal Bureau of Statistics. The activities of the Bureau was confined to the Capital (Baghdad) only. Some of the publications of the Bureau were: the Annual Statistical Abstracts, the Monthly Reviews and Bulletins on index numbers.
After the Second World War, the Bureau extended its field of activities to cover other Liwas (Provinces) in Iraq, as well as other fields of social and economic life. In this connection attempts were made to construct a cost of living index, conduct agricultural and industrial censuses. The lack of qualified personnel, however, made such attempts fruitless.
In 1948, the Ministry of Economics invited Mr. John More who stayed in Baghdad for some time during which he studied the conditions in the Principal Bureau of Statistics and its branches in the government departments.
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He submitted a detailed report in which he recommended the need for developing and improving the Bureau and its branches. Subsequently, a set of mechanical processing equipment were introduced in 1944, and the necessary staff was trained to operate those machines which consisted of card punches, verifiers, sorters and tabulators.
In 1951 the Ministry fo Economics invited Dr. K. J. Fenelon, an expert Statistician who was the Director of Statistics at the British Ministry of Food, in order to help developing, improving and introducing modern methods of statistics at the Bureau of Statistics.
Dr. Fenelon introduced a programme for staging some important general censuses which were required for the development programme. As a result the Bureau started in 1952 a general agriculture and livestock census. In 1953, an industrial census was carried out and during the years 1955 - 1957, a family budget survey, services, transport, internal distribution, trade and traffic movements censuses were undertaken.
Training programmes for the personnel of the Bureau was extended and officers were sent to India, Britain and the Lebanon.
One of the most valuable contributions of Dr. Fenelon, during his stay, in Iraq, was the estimates of national income in Iraq, 1950-1956.
In 1956, the law regulated the Ministry of Economics was amended and the Bureau was renamed as
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the Central Bureau of Statistics. The Central Bureau of Statistics, today, has a complete control and supervision over all divisions of Statistics in all the official and semi-official departments, (except those of the Central Bank and the Ministries of Health and Defence).
After July 1958, the Central Bureau of Statistics started a second agricultural census which was completed successfully due to the provision of sufficient funds and the complete co-operation and enthusiasm inspired by the first months of the July Revolution and the formulation of the Agrarian Reform law which helped a great deal in obtaining accurate and factual data.
In July 1960, the Central Bureau was separated from the Ministry of Economics and attached to the newly established Ministry of Planning.
The Ministry of Planning invited in 1960 the Russian expert, Maniakin in order to prepare the estimates of national income in Iraq up to 1960. He stayed in Iraq for two years during which he made his estimates of the national income for the years 1953 - 1960.
In 1963, the Ministry of Planning invited Dr. Jackson (from the Department of Applied Economics at Cambridge University), for three weeks during which he studied the conditions in the Central Bureau of Statistics and submitted a report recommending the establishment of a national income section together
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with other recommendations.
In 1965, the Ministry of Planning signed an agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in which the latter would supply an Expert (Mr. R. S. Koshal) in the field of agricultural statistics. The Planning Board agreed to provide for all the requirements, (i. e. Field equipments, means of transport, numerators etc.), needed for the project. The use of the objective sampling techniques and other up-to-date methods were introduced in agricultural statistics.
The Ministry of Planning has also made use of the UN's expert W. Rasaputram for the purpose of preparing the estimates of national income. Rasaputram stayed in Iraq for two years during which he made his estimates of national income for the years 1962 - 1963.

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Page	Contents	Table	Link
5	Foreword
6	Preface
7	The Central Bureau of Statistics
11	Abbreviations
	Symbols
12	Contents
	1 - General Information
17	A Brief Geography
20	Area & Borders of Iraq	1
21	Lengths of the Rivers, Areas & Capacity of the Reservoirs & Lakes in Iraq	2
	Dams, Barrages, Regulators & their Dates of Completion	3
22	Temperatures, Rainfall & Humidity	4
	Yearly Average Values of Pressure	5
24	Local Weights & Measures used in Baghdad, Mosul & Basrah Markets
	Metric Measures & Equivalent Weights
	British Measures & Equivalent Weights
	2 - Population
27	Population of Iraq & its Increases	6	1957 - 1967, population increases
28	Total Population of Iraq for 1934, 1947 & 1957	7	1934, 1947, 1957, total population of Iraq
	Population of Iraq According to Residence in Rural & Urban Areas	8	1947, 1957, 1965, population by rural or urban
30	Population of Iraq Distributed According to Sex & Liwas	9	1947, 1957, 1967, population by sex and liwa
33	The Distribution of Population According to Age Classes & Their Percentages	10	1957, population by age group
34	Iraqis Abroad for 1965	11	1965, Iraqis abroad
35	Population of Baghdad According to Sex	12	1965 - 1967, population of Baghdad
	3 - Gross National income in Iraq
38	Value Added of All Economic Sectors (at Current Prices)	13
42	Value Added of All Economic Sectors (at Constant Prices)	14
46	Expenditure on G.N.P. (at Currrent Market Prices)	15
	Expenditure on G.N.P. (at Constant 1962 Market Prices)	16
	4 - Capital Formation
50	GDP, GNP & GDFCF (at Current Prices)	17
52	Classification of GDFCF By Industry Group (at Current Prices)	18
54	Classification of GDFCF By Industry Group (at Constant Prices)	19
56	Classification of GDFCF By Type of Assets (at Current Prices)	20
58	Classification of GDFCF By Type of Assets (at Constant Prices)	21
59	Classification of GDFCF By Sectors (at Current Prices)	22
60	Classification of GDFCF By Sectors (at Constant Prices)	23
61	Percentage Contribution of Public & Private Sectors in GDFCF	24
62	Investment - Value Added Ratios (Percentages) (at Current Prices)	25
63	Investment - Value Added Ratios (Percentages) (at Constant Prices)	26
	5 - Index Numbers
66	Index No. Of Industrial Production	27
	Consumers' Price Index No. for Unskilled Labourers in Baghdad	28
67	Foodstuffs Wholesale Price Index No. in Baghdad Markets	29
	Construction Wholesale Price Index No. In Baghdad Markets	30
68	Wholesale Price Index No. In Baghdad	31
	6 - Oil
72	Quantities of Production & Footage Drilled By Foreign Companies & the Government Sector	32
74	Wages Paid to Employees (National & Foreign) of the Oil Companies in Iraq	33
76	No. Of Officials & Employees at the Oil Companies in Iraq	34
78	Averages of Wages Paid By the Petroleum Companies to All Employees	35
80	Components of Value Added for Oil Companies	36
81	Average No. Of Establishments & Persons Working in the Extraction & Refining of Oil (Governmental Sectors)	37
82	Oil Products Sold in Iraq	38
	7 - Industry
84	Summary of No. of Employees, No. of Establishments, Wages Paid, Materials used in Production & Total Incomes of All Manufacturing Industries in Iraq	39
86	No. of Employees, No. of Establishments, Wages Paid, Materials Used in Production & Total Incomes of Small & Large Scale Industries	40
90	No. of Employees, No. of Establishments, Wages Paid, Materials Used in Production & Total Incomes According to Liwas of Iraq	41
98	No. of Employees, No. of Establishments, Wages Paid, Materials Used in Production & Total Incomes According to Industry Groups	42
108	Governmental Industrial Sector	43
110	Manufacturing Industries According to Size (No. of Employees)	44
	8 - Agriculture
116	Production of Principal Crops in Iraq	45
118	Principal Summer Crops	46
122	Principal Winter Crops	47
126	Quantities of Seeds Distributed to Farmers By the Ministry of Agriculture	48
127	Tobacco & Tumbak	49
128	Dates Production	50
	Animal Statistics	51
130	Animals Slaughtered in the Abattoirs	52
	9 - Agrarian Reform
132	Area of Land Settlements Completed	53
134	Land Sequestration According to Agrarian Reform	54
136	Areas of Land Distributed According to Agrarian Reform	55
138	Areas of Land Rented & No. Of Farmers Renting Them	56
139	Total No. of Agricultural Co-Operative Societies Established in the Areas Subject to Agrarian Reform	57
140	Agricultural Machines & Implements owned By the Agrarian Reform	58
	10 - Construction
144	No. of Private Permits for Buildings	59
	Total No. of Permits for Buildings, Repairs & Estimated Cost & Area	60
146	Government & Private Construction, Average No. Of Employees, Wages Paid & Cost of Materials Used	61
	11 - Transport
148	Summary of the Financial Results of the Railways	62
	Goods Carried By the Iraqi Railways	63
150	Passengers Carried By the Iraqi Railways	64
150	No. Of Cars, Bicycles, Horse-Drawn Carriages & Wagons in Iraq	65
152	Steam-Propelled River Crafts Navigating Between Basrah & No. Of Journeys Made	66
	Revenue & Expenditure of the Directorate-General of Navigation	67
154	Actual Revenue & Expenditure of the Port of Basrah	67b
	No., G.R.T. & N.R.T. of Vessels Entered the Port of Basrah	68
156	Air Traffic at Baghdad & Basrah Airports	69
158	Post Telegrams & Telephone Offices, Length of Wires, Wireless & Telegrams	70
	12 - Foreign Trade
162	Imports, Exports, Transit & Gross National Product	71
	Main Sub-Divisions of Imports & Their Percentages	72
164	Imports From Principal Countries & the Rest of the World	73	1957 - 1967, imports and exports by country, value
166	Exports to Major Countries & the Rest of the World	74	1957 - 1967, imports and exports by country, value
	13 - Banks, Insurance & Companies
170	Consolidated Statement of the Central Bank of Iraq	75
172	Balances of Loans Extended By Specialized Banks	76
174	Consolidated Statement of Commercial Banks	77
176	Consolidated Statement of Specialized Banks	78
178	No. of Active Insurance Companies in Iraq	79
179	Distribution of Total Production According to Insurance Branches for 1965	80
	Claims Paid During 1965 & Their Percentages Over Premiums	81
180	Activities of the Iraqi Re-Insurance Company	82
182	Limited Stock Companies in Legal Existence By Kinds	83
183	Companies of Limited Liabilities Legally in Existence	84
	14 - Services
186	No. of Persons Receiving Social Insurance Benefits & Amounts Paid Out to Them	85
188	Receipts From Sale of Social Security Stamps By Districts	86
189	Social Centres of Rural Recreation	87
190	Social Centres in Iraq	88
192	All Iraq Main Services By Categories	89
194	Persons Engaged in Services & Service Industries, Rents, Wages & Incomes	90
	15 - Education
198	Stages of Educations in Iraq	91
202	Stages of Educations in Iraq According to Liwas	92	1965-1967, schools, pupils, and teachers in Iraq
206	Vocational Secondary Schools	93
208	No. of Students & Permanent Lecturers at All Colleges & Institutes	94
210	No. of Students Accepted at the Colleges & Institutes of Baghdad University	95	1963 - 1966, enrollment by college
214	Comparative Statistics of the No. of Students at All Colleges & institutes	96
215	Statistical Summary of Students Accepted at Baghdad University According to Geographic & Sex Distribution	97
216	Comparative Statistics of Graduates At All Colleges & Institutes According to Sex	98
	16 - Health
220	No. & Kinds of Hospitals & No. of Beds in Iraq	99
222	Medical Professions in Iraq	100
	17 - Government Officials & Employees
225	No. & Percentages of Officials & Other Staff in the Government & Semi-Government Department & Total Wages, Salaries & Allowances Paid	101	1962 - 1965, employees by count, wages, and salaries
	18 - Public Finance
228	Iraqi Balance of Payments	102
230	The Budgetary Situation of the Iraqi Government	103
231	Debts of the Iraqi Government	104
232	The Budgets Supplementary to the General Budgets	105
234	Expenditure of the Provisional Economic Plan	106
235	Expenditure of the Detailed Economic Plan & the Five Years Plans	107
	19 - International Data
??????	Estimated Population of the World	108
?????	Index Numbers of GDP Excluding the Services of General Governments & of Private Organizations of the World	109
240	Index Numbers of GDP By Industrial Origin of Developed & Developing Countries	110
242	Balance of Payments of Selected Countries of the World	111
	20 - Tourism
249	Tourism In Iraq According to Liwas		Resorts and Regions of Tourism According to Liwas of Iraq
	21 - Other Information
252	National Days of the World
255	Time Abroad
256	Iraqi Representations Abroad

Endnotes

Statistical handbook of the Republic of Iraq.

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102619680

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010566286

APA citation,

Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). (1968). Statistical Handbook of the Republic of Iraq for the Years 1957-1967. Republic of Iraq. Ministry of Planning. Baghdad.